Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-25
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Equipment Systems (MES) Team
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35512000: Submarines
Estimated value: 10000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-06-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Submarines. Spares, repairs, post design services and field service support (including survey, fault diagnosis and in-situ repair) of the following systems:
Motion control system aboard Trafalgar and Vanguard class submarines: The purpose of this equipment is to modulate the flow of hydraulic fluid to the rams which subsequently operate the hydroplanes and rudders in response to operator commands. Although the hydroplanes, rams and hydraulic supply are excluded from the scope, the autopilot, operator's stickwheel and means of signal transmission from there to the hydromechanical ram-servo units which modulate the hydraulic flow are all included. On Trafalgar Class submarines, the autopilot is a hydraulic analog computer and signalling is by both hydraulic and analog electrical means. On Vanguard Class, the signalling is electronic using a mixture of microprocessor and analog technologies.
Electronic depth distribution and indication system aboard Trafalgar and Vanguard class submarines: This system uses analog sensors and data distribution to drive digital depth indicators throughout the submarine, and also to provide signals to other client equipment outwith the contract scope.
Hover and Missile Compensation computer fitted to Vanguard class submarines: this microprocessor based system interfaces with multiple sensors, valves and pumps to provide fine buoyancy and trim control of the submarine.
Some of the equipment is designated as ‘First Level’ as its correct operation is critical to the safety of the submarine and its crew.
The contract will contain both lists of items that shall be priced during the competitive tender process and also lists of items that need only be priced upon receipt of a direct request from the Authority if required during the course of the contract.
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 will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason.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.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Authority. The Authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
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 a Security Aspoects Letter, the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter 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 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.
(a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance

Eligibility requirements: (a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established (c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the three previous financial years of the economic operator, of:(i) the overall turnover of the business of the economic operator; and (ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract. The estimated annual contract value is 2 000 000 GBP. If the estimated annual contract value is greater than 40% of the supplier’s turnover, the Authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the Authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, e.g. such evidence may include: (1) Any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and (2) State whether the supplier is willing to provide the Authority with an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond. A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier’s financial status. An overall pass / fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the Parent company where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation will be utilised as part of this process.
This information will be sought through a Pre Qualification Questionnaire.