Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-18
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, C17 Command Support and Airborne Equipment Project Team (CSAE PT)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 34741000
Estimated value: 420000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: MOD's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is notifying the market of a potential forthcoming procurement of 250 David Clark One-XH Headsets for use on the C17 Aircraft, and an enabling facility to purchase further headsets and associated spares over a 3-year period. The headsets must comply with the attached specification at schedule 9, and spares are to be provided in accordance with the attached terms and conditions and Annex B to the contract. The contractor will be responsible for delivery of these Headsets to RAF Brize Norton and they must be supplied with a minimum warranty of 5 years to cover manufacturing failures. The requirement falls under Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015 and so all ITT and PQQ Documentation will be published simultaneously. The Cyber risk level of this requirement is N/A as defined in Def Stan 05-138.
MOD's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is notifying the market of a potential forthcoming procurement of 250 David Clark One-XH Headsets for use on the C17 Aircraft, and an enabling facility to purchase further headsets and associated spares over a 3-year period. The headsets must comply with the attached specification at schedule 9, and spares are to be provided in accordance with the attached terms and conditions and Annex B to the contract. The contractor will be responsible for delivery of these Headsets to RAF Brize Norton and they must be supplied with a minimum warranty of 5 years to cover manufacturing failures. The requirement falls under Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015 and so all ITT and PQQ documentation will be published simultaneously. The Cyber risk level of this requirement is N/A as defined in Def Stan 05-138.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
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The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 22 July 2020 10.00. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing - support@contracts.mod.uk or call 0800 282 324.
The attached PQQ supplier selection criteria explains the down-selection process and criteria for the associated pre-qualification questionnaire. Ref 5UC958PA7T.
The attached Annex B to the ITT explains the tender evaluation process and criteria and should be read in conjunction with the DEFFORM 47.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
Advertising Regime OJEU: this contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.
The deadline for submitting your response(s) is detailed within this contract notice, you will also have visibility of the deadline date, once you have added the access code via DCO as the opening and closing date is visible within the opportunity.
Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this opportunity prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.

Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

Award value: 420000