Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-01-18
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Special Projects SCM (SPSCM)
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35120000: Surveillance and security systems | 35700000: Military electronic systems
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-02-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Military electronic systems. Surveillance and security systems and devices. Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment. The Authority has a requirement to procure a Rapid-Deoxyribonucleic Acid (R-DNA) processing device, capable of profiling and digitising a DNA sample. The Contract will purchase a quantity of equipment, associated consumables, and in-service support.
The Contract will purchase a quantity of equipment, associated consumables, and a 2-year period of in-service support. The Contract will include options to purchase additional equipment, consumables, and in-service support as required by the Authority for up to six years after the initial two year period.
The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC (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 (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.
The maximum estimated contract value is £500,000. 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.
Failure to provide the requested information may, at the discretion of the Authority, lead to the exclusion of candidates.
2. Achieve a score of at least 1 in all scored DPQQ questions. Scored DPQQ questions are equally weighted.
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

Eligibility requirements: The maximum estimated contract value is £500,000. 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. Failure to provide the requested information may, at the discretion of the Authority, lead to the exclusion of candidates.