Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-11
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 60400000: Air transport services
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-04-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Medical and General Aviation Support and Provision of Ground Ambulance to British Army Training Unit Kenya
Air transport services. Medical and general aviation support and provision of ground ambulance to British Army Training Unit Kenya. Tender is divided into two lots covering:
The services are for delivery in Kenya. Further information can be gained from the two draft statement of requirement documents which can be accessed at http://www.contracts.mod.uk
The provision of medical evacuation of British military or civilian casualties by air from training areas or other locations in Kenya to specified medical facilities, with completion of the journey using ground ambulance facilities.
The provision of a range of aviation activities in support of the British military on training areas in Kenya. These include, but are not limited to, ensuring that ranges are cleared before training exercises begin, the provision of an airborne fire fighting capability and the provision of a passenger transport capability.
The contract will contain the option to extend beyond the planned duration of 5 years for up to a further 3 years (or parts thereof). The upper range of contract value specified in this advert includes the option periods in full, so the actual value of the contract may be considerably less than this figure if option periods are not taken up.
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.
(a) appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years of the economic operator, of:

Eligibility requirements: (a) appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years of the economic operator, of: (i) the overall turnover of the business of the economic operator, and (ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract. As specified in the pre-qualification questionnaire document.
(a) in the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability; (c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 5 years or during a shorter period if necessary and: (i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided, (ii) the consideration received, (iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided, (iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided, and (v) where — (a) that person was not a contracting authority and (b)the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by the economic operator attesting the details of the goods sold or services provided; (d) a statement of the technicians or technical services available to the economic operator to: (i) carry out the work under the contract, or (ii) be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract, particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the economic operator; (e) a statement of the economic operator's: (i) technical facilities, (ii) measures for ensuring quality, (iii) study and research facilities, and (iv) internal rules regarding intellectual property; (j) a description of the tools, material, technical equipment, staff numbers, know-how and sources of supply (with an indication of their geographical location when it is outside the territory of the EU) available to the economic operator to perform the contract, cope with any additional needs required by the contracting authority as a result of a crisis or carry out the maintenance, modernisation or adaptation of the goods covered by the contract; (o) any other evidence of conformity to quality management systems standards which are equivalent to the standards referred to in sub-paragraph (n)(i). The authority intends to restrict the number of tenderers to a maximum of six per lot. The authority will assess the suitability of suppliers to be invited to tender using the pre-qualification questionnaire that interested suppliers must complete if they wish to be considered. The PQQ will be assessed and, if necessary, the number of suppliers reduced to a maximum of six per lot, using the following assessment criteria, all of which must be met: 1) suppliers must score a ‘Pass’ against all questions throughout the questionnaire that are scored as ‘Pass/Fail’; 2) suppliers must score a minimum of a ‘2’ (Satisfactory) against Part 1: Form E – Experience and contract examples; 3) suppliers must score a minimum of a ‘2’ (Satisfactory) against questions 2 to 6 in Part 2: Form F – Project questions; 4) in the event that more than six suppliers per lot meet all of the criteria specified above, the authority will only invite to tender the top six ranking suppliers against each lot. Suppliers will be ranked using the total weighted score allocated against the scored questions at Part 2: Form F. If there are a number of suppliers with the same score the authority reserves the right to invite either more or less suppliers to tender than the maximum of six specified above. Please note that it is possible that a supplier applying for both lots is invited to tender for one lot but not the other, depending upon the number of suppliers and the scores obtained against each lot and the suitability of that supplier (based on their responses to the questions) against the lot in question. Please note that the pre-qualification questionnaire contains a number of standard questions regarding cyber essentials. As the cyber risk assessment for this requirement has been assessed as ‘Not applicable’, the responses to these questions will not form part of the overall assessment, despite any statements to the contrary in the pre-qualification questionnaire itself. As specified above under ‘Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met’.
(a) in the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability; (c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 5 years or during a shorter period if necessary and: (i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided, (ii) the consideration received, (iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided, (iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided, and (v) where — (a) that person was not a contracting authority and (b)the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by the economic operator attesting the details of the goods sold or services provided; (d) a statement of the technicians or technical services available to the economic operator to: (i) carry out the work under the contract, or (ii) be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract, particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the economic operator; (e) a statement of the economic operator's: (i) technical facilities, (ii) measures for ensuring quality, (iii) study and research facilities, and (iv) internal rules regarding intellectual property; (j) a description of the tools, material, technical equipment, staff numbers, know-how and sources of supply (with an indication of their geographical location when it is outside the territory of the EU) available to the economic operator to perform the contract, cope with any additional needs required by the contracting authority as a result of a crisis or carry out the maintenance, modernisation or adaptation of the goods covered by the contract; (o) any other evidence of conformity to quality management systems standards which are equivalent to the standards referred to in sub-paragraph (n)(i). The authority intends to restrict the number of tenderers to a maximum of six per lot. The authority will assess the suitability of suppliers to be invited to tender using the pre-qualification questionnaire that interested suppliers must complete if they wish to be considered. The PQQ will be assessed and, if necessary, the number of suppliers reduced to a maximum of six per lot, using the following assessment criteria, all of which must be met: 1) suppliers must score a ‘Pass’ against all questions throughout the questionnaire that are scored as ‘Pass/Fail’; 2) suppliers must score a minimum of a ‘2’ (Satisfactory) against Part 1: Form E – Experience and contract examples; 3) suppliers must score a minimum of a ‘2’ (Satisfactory) against questions 2 to 6 in Part 2: Form F – Project questions; 4) in the event that more than six suppliers per lot meet all of the criteria specified above, the authority will only invite to tender the top six ranking suppliers against each lot. Suppliers will be ranked using the total weighted score allocated against the scored questions at Part 2: Form F. If there are a number of suppliers with the same score the authority reserves the right to invite either more or less suppliers to tender than the maximum of six specified above. Please note that it is possible that a supplier applying for both lots is invited to tender for one lot but not the other, depending upon the number of suppliers and the scores obtained against each lot and the suitability of that supplier (based on their responses to the questions) against the lot in question. Please note that the pre-qualification questionnaire contains a number of standard questions regarding cyber essentials. As the cyber risk assessment for this requirement has been assessed as ‘Not applicable’, the responses to these questions will not form part of the overall assessment, despite any statements to the contrary in the pre-qualification questionnaire itself.
As specified above under ‘Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met’.