Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-11-12
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 50620000 | 60000000 | 63731000 | 71311240 | 71334000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-12-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Airport engineering services, security services, transport services (excl. Waste transport), mechanical and electrical engineering services, photographic services, repair and maintenance services of firearms and ammunition, information technology services, airport operation services, administration services, RAF Brize Norton is home to a mixed fleet of aircraft that constitute the majority of the air mobility force, RAF Brize Norton provides rapid global mobility, including Air to Air Refuelling (AAR), in support of operations and exercises both abroad and in the UK. RAF Brize Norton Support Contract (BSC) is to provide the UK's largest airbase with a range of services to support the single Air Port of Embarkation (APOE) for the UK Armed Forces. The requirement is for a period of 3 years, subject to options for the authority to extend, as set out below. The anticipated contract start date is 1.8.2021 to allow for a 4-month transition period before full service commencement from 1.12.2021.
The statement of requirement, issued to successful applicants will fully detail the various types of activity to be undertaken in support of the requirement at RAF Brize Norton.
Following pre-qualification the top 4 scoring responders will be invited to negotiate. Any suppliers achieving a fail for any questions within the PQQ will be disqualified from taking any further part in this procurement.
All tender responses from those companies invited to submit a tender will be subject to an evaluation process to select the highest scoring bidder based on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT). The full details of the MEAT evaluation shall be published to the bidders invited to negotiate. All bidders need to note that award will be used for tender evaluation.
The authority will trade electronically with the contractor during the life of the contract using the contracting, purchasing and finance (CP&F) system. Use of the CP&F system is mandatory for all authority contracts. Please see PQQ Part 2 Form F questions regarding CP&F.
The authority expects bids from a single prime contractor, who may sub-contract elements as appropriate. Full details must be provided within the PQQ.
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 top 4 scoring PQQ responses will be taken through to the invitation to negotiation stage. Please see the PQQ evaluation criteria for further detail.
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.
The cyber risk profile for this contract is moderate. A supplier assurance questionnaire will be required at tender stage and the associated risk assessment reference will be issued with invitation to tender documentation.
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: See pre-qualification questionnaire.
See pre-qualification questionnaire. See pre-qualification questionnaire.