Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-20
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts | 35330000: Ammunition
Estimated value: 20000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts. Ammunition. The UK MoD has a requirement for 155mm Smoke and/or Illuminating ammunition and is seeking to procure a solution(s) which is ideally Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding (JBMOU) compliant and at a Technology Readiness Level of at least 7. Assuming successful completion of the Qualification programme, the UK MoD may procure 155mm Smoke and/or Illuminating ammunition as per the quantities detailed in lots below. For planning purposes, the Qualification programme is estimated to take approximately 12-24 months. A System Requirements Document (SRD) will be issued to those companies selected to proceed to the Invitation to Tender stage. Subject to funding, there may be an option to procure additional quantities.
The UK MoD has a requirement for 155mm Smoke ammunition and is seeking to procure a solution(s) which is ideally Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding (JBMOU) compliant and at a Technology Readiness Level of at least 7. Assuming successful completion of the Qualification programme, the UK MoD may wish to procure 155mm Smoke ammunition. For planning purposes, the Qualification programme is estimated to take approximately 12-24 months. A System Requirements Document (SRD) will be issued to those companies selected to proceed to the Invitation to Tender stage.
The UK MoD has a requirement for 155mm Illuminating ammunition and is seeking to procure a solution(s) which is ideally Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding (JBMOU) compliant and at a Technology Readiness Level of at least 7. Assuming successful completion of the Qualification programme, the UK MoD may wish to procure 155mm Illuminating ammunition. For planning purposes, the Qualification programme is estimated to take approximately 12-24 months. A System Requirements Document (SRD) will be issued to those companies selected to proceed to the Invitation to Tender stage.
The UK MoD has a requirement for 155mm Smoke and Illumination ammunition and is seeking to procure a solution(s) which is ideally Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding (JBMOU) compliant and at a Technology Readiness Level of at least 7. Assuming successful completion of the Qualification programme, the UK MoD may wish to procure 155mm Smoke and Illumination ammunition. For planning purposes, the Qualification programme is estimated to take approximately 12-24 months. A System Requirements Document (SRD) will be issued to those companies selected to proceed to the Invitation to Tender stage.
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.
Provide relevant technical information regarding the proposed solution which demonstrates the company's ability to meet the requirement.
Provide details which demonstrate the company's ability to deliver to the indicated programme timescales.
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.
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