Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-04-13
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Country: UK
Region: Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 80000000
Estimated value: 283623 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-05-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The RAF Mountain Rescue Service (MRS) provides an essential Aircraft Post Crash Management (ACPM) function to respond to all military aircraft crashes in the UK, provide first aid and rescue casualties if necessary and establish a crash cordon to secure evidence and prevent further injury. This requirement is for 36 months with the option of two additional 12 month periods.
The RAF Mountain Rescue Service (MRS) requires medical training to be able to provide medical support to a standard equivalent to that provided by civilian mountain rescue teams. This requirement is for 36 months plus two 12 month options.
If interested then your Company must complete a Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) response via the DCO online. The Authority will use each PQQ response to create a shortlist of suppliers who are eligible to participate as Tenderers; fulfil any minimum economic, financial, professional and technical standards; and best meet in terms of capacity and capability the selection criteria set out in this PQQ.
Full details of the method of choosing Tenderers are set out in the PQQ. It is the intention to down select to between approximately 2 and 6 highest scoring suppliers who will be Invited to Tender, providing they meet the overall percentage pass mark of 60 % and do not score any lower than 2 in any individual question within the PQQ. If the supplier scores below 2 or receives a fail in any of the questions then they will automatically fail the evaluation and will not be invited to participate any further. All selected suppliers who are invited to tender after the PQQ evaluation will then be evaluated by means of the most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated within the invitation to tender documents.
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
The Cyber Essentials DCPP (Defence Cyber Protection Partnership) internet based Cyber Security Model will be completed by the RAF User. If your company is subsequently invited to tender then your tender must include the completion of a ‘Supplier Assurance Questionnaire’ via the internet based DCPP Cyber Security Model online. This is to demonstrate supplier's compliance with the required cyber risk level.
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Award value: 283623