Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 98363000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2021-01-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Diving services. The Salvage and Marine Operations Team, part of United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, seek to place a contract on behalf of Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands (CBFSAI), for Engineering, Diving, and Salvage services in support of land and marine activities in the South Atlantic Islands.
The proposed contract will be for a duration of three (3) years plus three (3) x one (1) year options and will require the provision of personnel and equipment to undertake the inspection, repair and maintenance, pigging and pressure testing of the Single Point Mooring (SPM) fuelling facility located in the Falkland Islands (FI). Additional activities to be undertaken, include, but are not limited to: the inspection, repair and maintenance of subsea pipeline, marine structures, equipment, and vessels.
‘No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract. Indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement or contract is withdrawn for any reason. Economic operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position’.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the authority. The authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
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 a Security Aspects Letter, the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter 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 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.
(a) appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the three previous financial years of the economic operator, of:
(ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract.
Information and criteria against which economic and financial standing will be evaluated is contained within the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (dPQQ) for this requirement at Part 5: Economic and financial evaluation.

Eligibility requirements: (a) appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the three previous financial years of the economic operator, of: (i) the overall turnover of the business of the economic operator, and (ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract. Information and criteria against which economic and financial standing will be evaluated is contained within the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (dPQQ) for this requirement at Part 5: Economic and financial evaluation.
Information and criteria against which economic and financial standing will be evaluated is contained within the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (dPQQ) for this requirement at Part 5: Economic and financial evaluation.
(a) in the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability (c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 5 years, or during a shorter period if necessary, and: (i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided, (ii) the consideration received, (iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided, (iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided, and (v) where: 1) that person was not a contracting authority, and 2) the certificate referred to in subparagraph (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by the economic operator attesting the details of the goods sold or services provided; (d) a statement of the technicians or technical services available to the economic operator to: (i) carry out the work under the contract, or (ii) be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract, particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the economic operator; (g) in the case of works contracts, services contracts or supply contracts also covering siting and installation operations or services, the economic operator's educational and professional qualifications where the economic operator is an individual and: (i) if any, those of the economic operator's managerial staff, and (ii) those of one or more persons who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract; (h) the environmental management measures, that the economic operator is able to apply when performing the contract, but only where it is necessary for the performance of that contract; (j) a description of the tools, material, technical equipment, staff numbers, know-how and sources of supply (with an indication of their geographical location when it is outside the territory of the EU) available to the economic operator to perform the contract, cope with any additional needs required by the contracting authority as a result of a crisis or carry out the maintenance, modernisation or adaptation of the goods covered by the contract; (m) in the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required by the contracting authority; (n) a certificate: (i) attesting conformity to quality management systems standards based on the relevant European standard, and (ii) from an independent accredited body established in any member state conforming to the European standards concerning accreditation and certification; (o) any other evidence of conformity to quality management systems standards which are equivalent to the standards referred to in sub-paragraph (n)(i). Information and criteria against which technical and/or professional capacity will be evaluated is contained within the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (dPQQ) and any subsequent Invitation to Tender/negotiate. Information and criteria against which technical and/or professional capacity will be evaluated is contained within the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (dPQQ) and any subsequent Invitation to Tender/negotiate.
(a) in the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability (c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 5 years, or during a shorter period if necessary, and: (i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided, (ii) the consideration received, (iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided, (iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided, and (v) where: 1) that person was not a contracting authority, and 2) the certificate referred to in subparagraph (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by the economic operator attesting the details of the goods sold or services provided; (d) a statement of the technicians or technical services available to the economic operator to: (i) carry out the work under the contract, or (ii) be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract, particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the economic operator; (g) in the case of works contracts, services contracts or supply contracts also covering siting and installation operations or services, the economic operator's educational and professional qualifications where the economic operator is an individual and: (i) if any, those of the economic operator's managerial staff, and (ii) those of one or more persons who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract; (h) the environmental management measures, that the economic operator is able to apply when performing the contract, but only where it is necessary for the performance of that contract; (j) a description of the tools, material, technical equipment, staff numbers, know-how and sources of supply (with an indication of their geographical location when it is outside the territory of the EU) available to the economic operator to perform the contract, cope with any additional needs required by the contracting authority as a result of a crisis or carry out the maintenance, modernisation or adaptation of the goods covered by the contract; (m) in the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required by the contracting authority; (n) a certificate: (i) attesting conformity to quality management systems standards based on the relevant European standard, and (ii) from an independent accredited body established in any member state conforming to the European standards concerning accreditation and certification; (o) any other evidence of conformity to quality management systems standards which are equivalent to the standards referred to in sub-paragraph (n)(i). Information and criteria against which technical and/or professional capacity will be evaluated is contained within the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (dPQQ) and any subsequent Invitation to Tender/negotiate.
Information and criteria against which technical and/or professional capacity will be evaluated is contained within the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (dPQQ) and any subsequent Invitation to Tender/negotiate.