Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2019-03-13
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Commodities Project Team (AC PT)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 50000000
Submission deadline: 2019-04-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Air Commodities Delivery Team (ACDT) which is part of Air Support Operating Centre within Defence Equipment and Support, provides global support to Royal Air force, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps. ACDT has a potential requirement to provide a spares inclusive, calibration, repair and recondition availability service, including post design services and provision of associated training aids including (but not necessarily limited to) helicopter models and fixed wing propeller model for a range of Aircraft Integrity Monitoring Equipment (AIME) which is used for Rotor, Track and Balancing (RTB) of aircraft for up to five (5) years. The range of equipment includes: Rotortuner 5JS+, Universal Static Balance Fixture, Virtual Master Static Balance Fixture and Vibration Training Model. There is a possibility that during the life of the proposed contract that the number of platforms supported may increase or decrease.
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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The Air Commodities Delivery Team (ACDT) which is part of Air Support Operating Centre within Defence Equipment and Support, provides global support to Royal Air force, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps. ACDT has a potential requirement to provide a spares inclusive, calibration, repair and recondition availability service, including post design services and provision of associated training aids including (but not necessarily limited to) helicopter models and fixed wing propeller model for a range of Aircraft Integrity Monitoring Equipment (AIME) which is used for Rotor, Track and Balancing (RTB) of aircraft for up to five (5) years. The range of equipment includes: Rotortuner 5JS+, Universal Static Balance Fixture, Virtual Master Static Balance Fixture and Vibration Training Model. There is a possibility that during the life of the proposed contract that the number of platforms supported may increase or decrease.
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.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta
You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.
Suppliers must log in, go to your response manager and add the following Access Code: 3J9P52995U. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.