Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-04-27
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Platform Systems (MPS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35521000: Shipborne weapon systems
Estimated value:  GBP
Award criteria: Weighting

Technical requirements: Weighting
Hull and mechanical spare parts for warships. Constructive equipment. Maritime Equipment Systems has a future requirement for the supply, manufacture, repair, and provision of technical assistance services for a wide and diverse range of “marinised” constructive equipment used onboard Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels. The requirement will cover general and heavy duty constructive equipment (to include but not necessarily limited to mooring, anchoring, upper deck safety, lifting and observation equipment). It will require the successful candidate to demonstrate competence and experience with the manufacture, repair and, in some instances, testing of constructive equipment. This will include the requirements associated with the Low Magnetic Equipment required by the Mine Counter Measures (MCM) Flotilla. The equipment will include, but is not necessarily limited to:
— Engineering and Infrastructure Support to RAS Rig at HMS Raleigh, including high level maintenance, testing and legislative compliance.
The contract may contain lists of items that will only require pricing during the duration of the contract when ordered by the Authority.
Suppliers wishing to express an interest in this requirement are required to complete and submit a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to confirm their suitability including a copy of their accredited 3
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From 2.4.2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC:
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.
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