Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-11
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Apache Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 42123610
Estimated value: 400000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Design, procurement and support of Qty 16 electronically powered low pressure air supply Units for the UK Apache military helicopter. support package is to include, user publication manual, user training package, spares, repairs, servicing and telephone technical support.
Design, procurement and support of qty 16 portable low pressure air supply ground support equipment used for leak testing the Apache helicopter integrated pressurised air system. The requirement also includes a support package for the LPAS Units which will include the following elements:
— annual servicing and calibration including the supply of all spares to ensure serviceable LPAS Units;
— a telephone support service for army user units to contact to report unserviceable LPAS Units and request for technical advice/support;
— one off training package to instruct army user units to use the lpas units and carry out basic checks, inspections and minor servicing including the provision of a user manual;
— the supply of ad-hoc tasking, emergent work, spares and repairs to allow army user units to do daily checks and inspections.
The support package will be from contract award — 31 March 2025 with an option to extend for a further 1 year.
There will be future requirement, post initial contract, for the servicing, ad-hoc tasking, spares, repairs, emergent work and telephone support of low pressure air supply units.
The support package for the low pressure air supply units will have an additional one (1) year option period.
Each company’s financial ability to meet this requirement will be assessed on a risk basis and the financial information provided by the company in response to economic and financial standing (Part 3, Q4) of the SAQ will be evaluated by the authority. Factors that will be taken into consideration when evaluating financial information include turnover, profitability, liquidity and working capital, debt and cash flow. The authority will also examine the financial health of the immediate and ultimate parent of the company where it is part of a group.
When assessing the financial health of a company the authority will also take into consideration any Auditor’s opinion, for example qualifications or emphasis of matter statements.
If examination of the financial information exposes the potential for a company to experience financial difficulty in performing the contract, then the authority will determine the level of risk that it is willing to bear in fulfilling the requirement. Evaluation of the financial information will attract a pass or fail risk marking which will be awarded using the following criteria:
The majority of questions in Parts 1 and 2 of the SAQ will be assessed and scored on a pass or fail judgement with the exception of technically and professional ability (Part 3, Q6.1) and project specific questions (Part 4, Q9) (Quality Standard) where answers will be awarded a score based on the following scoring criteria:
0 = No answer/fail — no evidence provided. The authority reserves the right to exclude a potential supplier if a score of 0 is awarded
1 = Poor — potential provider has confirmed that they do not have ISO 9001 or recognised equivalent and have not outlined the route to achieve this approval


Award value: 400000