Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-08
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C
Country: UK
Region: Surrey
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85121200: Specialist medical services
Estimated value: 15185000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-10-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of a Prosthetics and Orthotic Rehabilitation Service to the Ministry of Defence from 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2021. The whole spectrum of prosthetic and orthotic rehabilitation is required, including: clinical delivery; on-site management; provision and manufacture of prosthetic and orthotic devices; engineering quality assurance; limb component tracking; training; and research.
The service will initially be delivered at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) at Headley Court, Epsom, Surrey; however, following a transition phase in mid-2018, it is the Authority's intent that the DMRC will relocate to Stanford Hall, Loughborough, Nottinghamshire.
Please note that this requirement is being tendered under ‘Open’ procedure, this means that bids must be submitted by 10 am on Thursday 13.10.2016 to the address stated and in the format stated in the attached ‘Invitation to Tender’ documents.
It is likely that this requirement will be competed again after this contract expires, the advert for this renewal shall be issued within 12 months of the expiry date.
It is the intention that this requirement shall initially be placed to contract for a 3 year duration (with a total financial sanction of GBP 9 115 000) with the facility to extend, if required by the Authority, for 2  additional option years (with a combined, estimated total financial sanction of GBP 6 070 000).
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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.Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.
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 GO Reference: GO-201695-DCB-8739357.


Award value: 15185000