Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-07-07
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 50241000
Estimated value: 900000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Future In Service Support (FISS) — Through Life Support Requirement.
The Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team manages the In-Service support of a diverse range of platforms which includes the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) flotilla and the Royal Navy (RN) Hydrographic and Patrol (H and P) including Survey Ships. The majority of contracts which support these platforms will expire in 2018. This Prior Information Notice relates specifically to the RFA and HMS Scott requirements currently supported under long-term through life support contracts.
The support activities will include but are not limited to: planning for and execution of global repair and maintenance; operational defect rectification; obsolescence management; surface coatings and furnishings; risk management and design services; to pre-determined availability requirements; supported by an on-site joint MOD / industry team.
The FISS project is currently seeking approval to enter into the Assessment Phase. In issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) and engaging with the Market the UK Ministry of Defence is not committing to carry out any procurement in relation to the strategy stated in this PIN. Should the FISS project result in any related procurement activity in future, it will be subject to procurement processes in accordance with DSPCR 2011.
An Industry Day is being held on 4.8.2016 in Bristol, UK. Details can be found in the Additional Information section II.7) to this notice.
The Lot strategy for this requirement will be presented at the Industry day (details under ‘II.7) Additional Information’).
An industry day will be held in Bristol, UK on 4.8.2016 to present the FISS strategy and plans for the Through Life Support requirements. An associated ‘Announcement’ with further details of the event is to be uploaded to the DCO. Interested suppliers are encouraged to review this prior to expressing an interest. You are to submit your expression of interest to: DESShipsComrcl-CSS-FISS-Group@mod.uk no later than 28.7.2016. Expressions of interest received after this time may be rejected owing to restrictions in numbers of attendees.
The intention is to release a Contract Notice and DPQQ in July 2016 where more details of this requirement will be available.
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-201674-DCB-8443162.