Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-26
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34114000: Special-purpose vehicles
Submission deadline: 2019-10-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of Military Training Vehicles at Defence School of Transport (DST) Leconfield and Associated Services
Provide daily on contract hire: 65 Category C Large goods vehicles (LGV) with draw-bar coupling, 38 Category C/C+E draw-bar trailers and 2 Category C+E articulated vehicle and trailer combinations that are compliant to Minimum test vehicles (MTV) standard for driver training. These are mainly for use by authority instructors at the Defence School of Transport (DST), Leconfield, East Yorkshire, HU177LX; with 14 Category C+E (LGV) draw-bar trailers at other nominated locations in throughout the UK.
Provide daily on contract hire: 65 Category C Large Goods Vehicles (LGV) with draw-bar coupling, 38 Category C/C+E draw-bar trailers and 2 Category C+E articulated vehicle and trailer combinations that are compliant to Minimum test vehicles (MTV) standard for driver training. These are mainly for use by authority instructors at the Defence School of Transport (DST), Leconfield, East Yorkshire, HU177LX; with 14 Category C+E (LGV) draw-bar trailers at other nominated locations in throughout the UK.
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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