Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-22
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 90713000
Estimated value: 600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Defence has a legal responsibility to ensure that its operations are conducted in a safe manner as is reasonably practicable, as stipulated in the secretary of state for defence's policy statement “Safety, Health and Environmental Protection in the Ministry of Defence”, and the provision of an independent consultancy forms part of this process. To achieve this, the RAF requires an independent organisation to advise on RAF Airfield Wildlife Control policy, as well as the standardisation and performance of unit Airfield Wildlife Control personnel, in compliance with UK Government legal obligations.
In order to ensure compliance with RA3270 and the Manual of Aerodrome Design and Safeguarding (MADS), an Independent Specialist provides support to the conduct of a variety of assurance, training, analysis and survey tasks at MOD aerodromes. This includes a requirement to provide specialist advice and command oversight of all personnel (including contractors) carrying out Airfield Wildlife Control at MOD aerodromes, in order to ensure that UK best practices are adopted and maintained in order to reduce the associated hazards.
This contract let will have an initial Firm Priced operating term of 3 years. In addition, there will be 2 further Firm Priced option periods (each lasting for 12 months) available to the authority to extend the contract operating period if required. The authority is not obliged to use any or all of these options periods.
Requirement subject to TUPE and data from current provider on those employed under current contract will be provided. Contract resulting from this competition will be based on MOD standard contracting template SC3+. Potential suppliers must register with Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) e-procurement tool. All payments for contractor deliverables under contract shall only be made via CP&F.
It is expected that the successful Contractor will have relevant previous experience in Airfield Wildlife Control policy and - ideally - MoD aerodromes.
The contract resulting from this competition will be based on MOD standard contracting template SC3+.
Electronic trading statement: Potential suppliers must note the mandatory requirement for electronic trading using the Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) electronic procurement tool. All payments for contractor deliverables under the contract shall only be made via CP&F. You can find details on CP&F at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-contracting-purchasing-and-finance-e-procurement-system
The cyber essentials DCPP (Defence Cyber Protection Partnership) internet based cyber security model risk assessment has been completed by the RAF user (the customer), thus the cyber risk of this requirement is classified as very low. If your company is subsequently invited to tender then your tender must include the completion of the “Supplier Assurance Questionnaire” via the internet based DCPP cyber security model online link:- https://suppliercyberprotection.service.xgov.uk/ This is to demonstrate a supplier’s compliance with the required cyber risk level. More information will be published with regards to this process, the evaluation criteria and how to access the information /website once the tender documentation is live and you have been invited to tender.
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
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Eligibility requirements: It is expected that the successful Contractor will have relevant previous experience in Airfield Wildlife Control policy and - ideally - MoD aerodromes.

Award value: 600000