PSNI require a contract for the deployment of Barriers and Cones at pre-planned events throughout Northern Ireland. It is a key objective of the tender process to ensure that a contract is awarded to a service provider who has the capability to provide the quality of service currently being provided, to work in partnership with PSNI and has the flexibility to meet future changing needs. This contract will not be subdivided into lots. The reasons for this are:

— Barriers and cones may need to be deployed simultaneously at events and having two contractors would cause significant logistical issues for the co-ordination of the resources for the Managed Service Provider and PSNI. This would increase logistic costs associated with the co-ordination and management in the day to day delivery of the managed service. Whilst the contract does not lend itself to lots, sub-contracting opportunities may arise through the managing service.