Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-04-01
Buyer: Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Country: NL
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 35410000: Armoured military vehicles | 50630000
Submission deadline: 2017-05-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Vehicles 12kN and RCWS, project of the Defence-wide Replacement Programme of Operational Wheeled Vehicles (Dutch acronym: DVOW).
Delivery of military vehicles in various configurations with a loading capacity of 12kN including the delivery of Remote Control Weapon Systems (RCWS), protection packages, add-ons, attachments and services (set out in 1 delivery agreement) and maintenance of the delivered vehicles, RCWS, protection packages, add-ons and attachments (set out in two maintenance agreements).
The vehicles 12kN project consist of a (single) European procurement procedure for 5 types: Softtop, Hardtop, Pick-up, Casualty transport, and Military Police/Air Force Security Vehicle (MP/AFSV). The Softtop and Hardtop shall accommodate a crew of 2+2. The Pick-up shall accommodate a crew of 2. The Casualty transport shall accommodate a crew of 2 and either 2 lying of 4 sitting casualties. The MP/AFSV shall accommodate a crew of 2+6. The vehicles have high off-road mobility requirements. All occupants must be protected against ballistic threats to a level exceeding Level 2 conform STANAG 4569 through the use of permanent and/or modular protection. The personnel compartment of the Hardtop, Pick-up and Casualty Transport and the Casualty Transport compartment shall have protection against blast threats associated with roadside IED’s. This shall include blast protected seats and proper securing of all items of mass.
The DMO strives to procure one 12kN vehicle family of a single series having the same structural, drive train, electrical and other components. In case the requirements cannot be met within a single vehicle family, a distinction in 1 series of the types Softtop, Hardtop, Pick-up and Casualty transport and 1 series of the type MP/AFSV is allowed. Add-ons and attachments include (protected) ring mounts, swing mounts, winch systems, driving instruction modules, run-flat systems and assault ladders. With respect of the delivery of the RCWS, the future supplier shall be responsible for successful integration of the RCWS on the Hardtop, on the MP/AFSV optional and on another vehicle type of the NL MoD.
The maintenance for the Vehicles 12kN and RCWS consist of two logistic scenarios, each scenario set out in a separate maintenance agreement. A ‘cooperation’ scenario for the types Softtop, Hardtop, Pick-up and Casualty Transport and the RCWS in which the future supplier has to a great extent responsibility for the organization and the execution of maintenance, utilizing both its own personnel and the available trained Defence mechanics. An ‘outsource’ scenario for the type MP/AFSV in which the future supplier is fully responsible for the organization and the execution of maintenance, utilizing its own personnel.
For the types Softtop, Hardtop, Pick-up and Casualty transport, a network coverage within a distance (by road) of 40 km is required for Havelte, Schaarsbergen, Stroe, Vlissingen, Gilze Rijen and Oirschot and preferred for Ede, Eibergen, Ermelo, ‘t Harde, Roosendaal and Vredepeel. For the type MP/AFSV a network coverage within a distance (by road) of 40 km is required for Volkel and preferred for Eindhoven, Maaldrift and Schaarsbergen. It is of critical importance that within close range the NL MoD always has supplier maintenance capacity at its disposal and that the future supplier is familiar with the Dutch regulations to carry out maintenance.
The procurement of the following indicative quantities: 236 soft-tops, 312 hardtops, 225 pick-ups, 87 casualty transports, 58 MP/AFSV and 120 RCWS, including 218 protection packages, add-ons, attachments, documentation, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) data, the provision of training, other goods and services. The serial delivery shall start no later than 18 months after award of the delivery agreement, equally (maximum 20 % deviation) spread over a period of 3,5 years (completion of the delivery agreement in 5 years referred to in II.2.4).
In addition to the initial delivery the DMO shall have the right for a period of 5 years to invoke delivery of additional vehicles in various configurations, RCWS, protection packages, add-ons, attachments and additional other goods and/or services as an option (see II.2.2).
The future supplier shall perform maintenance on the delivered 12kN vehicles, RCWS, protection packages, add-ons and attachments with a minimum term, starting after delivery of the first vehicle and ending 10 years after acceptance of the last vehicle. The DMO shall have the right to extend the duration of the maintenance agreements for a maximum of two periods of 5 years (in total 10 years referred to in II.2.3).
An information meeting will be held during the selection stage from 13:00 until 16:00 (Dutch local time) on 13.4.2017, see the Procurement Guidelines for the Selection Stage.
Candidates may submit requests for Information for the Selection Stage to the Contracting Authority in 2 question rounds until 14:00 hours (Dutch local time) respectively on 11.4.2017 and 24.4.2017, see the Procurement Guidelines for the Selection Stage.

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