Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-23
Buyer: Babcock DSG Limited
Country: UK
Region: Telford and Wrekin
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35210000: Traffic-management equipment
Estimated value: 869716 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Targets for shooting practice. The Supply of Aluminium Targets — The Authority is considering establishing a Framework Agreement (FA) for the Supply of Aluminium Targets used by the British Army. The duration of the FA shall be firm for 4 years with the option of 3 1-year extensions.
The Authority is seeking a single supplier to provide all items, Tenderer's shall be provided with drawings and specifications and shall be required to manufacture/source and price the items in scope for the requirement. Copies of drawings and the specifications are available under the supporting documentation tab of the PQQ and shall also be provided with the Invitation to Tender.
The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature to the contract during its lifetime.
Any resulting contract shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality and shall include remedies for poor performance.
In accordance with the Government's transparency agenda, the Authority shall publish the Tender and Contract documents online. Further guidance shall be provided with the ITT.
No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation, etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
The duration of the FA shall be firm for 4 years with the option to extend by up to a further 3 years.
Potential suppliers must note that the use of the Babcock DSG electronic ordering and payment system is a mandatory requirement for this contract. Unconditional acceptance of all references to the Babcock DSG electronic ordering and payment system is required.
The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 39(2) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (see also Regulation 23(2) in the DSPCR 2011) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at: http://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#dspr
Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 39(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest (including defence and security factors) for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 39(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
Yes. A Reverse Auction, conducted using electronic means, may be used as part of the procurement process for this requirement. Specific relevant information on Reverse Auction usage will be given in the Invitation to Tender.
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. Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at: www.contracts.mod.uk The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.

Eligibility requirements: The requirement as stated in the DPQQ shall prevail.