Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-05
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35412300 | 35420000: Parts of military vehicles | 35421000: Parts and accessories for tanks
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-19
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Parts of military vehicles. The Supply of Major Platform spares associated to Armoured Fighting Vehicles.
Consumables for Armoured Track Platforms such as: Warrior, Challenger 2, CRAVV, CVRT, Bulldog (not exhaustive). Babcock DSG Ltd (Babcock), acting as agent on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (Authority), is considering establishing up to 4 Framework Agreements/Enabling Contracts (with no commitment on volume) to provide an enduring means of supply for Armoured Track Platforms.
It is the Authority’s intention to invite 8 economic operators to tender for the Framework Agreements, although the Authority reserves the right to proceed with more economic operators when 1 or more economic operator receives the joint 8th highest score or fewer when less than 8 compliant Pre-Qualification Questionnaires are received. Only those economic operators who complete the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire providing all mandatory information, are not subject to mandatory exclusion and pass all minimum eligibility criteria will be invited to tender.
Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers, any available technical data (to include drawings, specifications etc.) and shall be informed of any required compliance standards. Tenderers shall be expected to provide items which comply with the requirements of CSIS (the Codification Support Information System maintained by the United Kingdom National Codification Bureau), any relevant technical data and any applicable compliance standards. Economic Operators can contact william.malcolm@babcockinternational.com to obtain a list of the items (by NATO Stock Number).
Tenderers should be aware that a failure to submit a Tender for all items listed in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) will result in that Tender being deemed non-compliant.
The Authority intends to award one Framework Agreement per Lot to a single economic operator based on the lowest price of supplying items at estimated quantities listed in the ITT. Full details of the Tender evaluation criteria and the Contract award decision process shall be provided in the ITT.
The Authority reserves the right to amend each Framework Agreement to include further items, which are not materially different in character and so do not substantially change the terms of the Framework Agreement, post contract award.
The Authority’s expectation is that prices under the terms of the Framework Agreement shall be firm (not subject to any adjustment) for 2 years. The Authority’s requirement is that prices for the option years remain unchanged. The Authority will consider a re-negotiation of the prices for the option years, but any such increase (i) would be subject to acceptance by the Authority in its sole discretion and (ii) in any event must not exceed an increase greater than 2 % or the RPI rate increase over the relevant period, whichever is the lesser. For the avoidance of doubt, unless the Authority accepts (in its sole discretion) an increase to the prices as described in this paragraph, the prices under the terms of the Framework Agreement for the first 2 years shall apply to the option years.
Any resulting Framework Agreements shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality, and shall include financial remedies for poor performance.
In accordance with the government’s agenda, the Authority shall publish the ITT and Contract documents online. Further guidance shall be provided with the ITT.
Consumables for Armoured Track Platforms such as: Warrior, Challenger 2, CRAVV, CVRT, Bulldog (not exhaustive). Babcock DSG Ltd (Babcock), acting as agent on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (Authority), is considering establishing up to 4 Framework Agreements / Enabling Contracts (with no commitment on volume) to provide an enduring means of supply for Armoured Track Platforms.
It is the Authority’s intention to invite 8 economic operators to tender for the Framework Agreements, although the Authority reserves the right to proceed with more economic operators when 1 or more economic operator receives the joint 8th highest score or fewer when less than 8 compliant Pre-Qualification Questionnaires are received. Only those economic operators who complete the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire providing all mandatory information, are not subject to mandatory exclusion and pass all minimum eligibility criteria will be invited to tender.
Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers, any available technical data (to include drawings, specifications etc.) and shall be informed of any required compliance standards. Tenderers shall be expected to provide items which comply with the requirements of CSIS (the Codification Support Information System maintained by the United Kingdom National Codification Bureau), any relevant technical data and any applicable compliance standards. Economic Operators can contact william.malcolm@babcockinternational.com to obtain a list of the items (by NATO Stock Number).
Tenderers should be aware that a failure to submit a Tender for all items listed in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) will result in that Tender being deemed non-compliant.
The Authority intends to award one Framework Agreement per Lot to a single economic operator based on the lowest price of supplying items at estimated quantities listed in the ITT. Full details of the Tender evaluation criteria and the Contract award decision process shall be provided in the ITT.

Eligibility requirements: (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; (f) a check carried out by the contracting authority or on its behalf by a competent official body of the member State in which the economic operator is established: (i) on the technical capacity of the economic operator; and (ii) if relevant, on the economic operator's study and research facilities and quality control measures; (h) the environmental management measures that the economic operator is able to apply when performing the contract, but only where it is necessary for the performance of that contract; (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; (l) certification by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence, attesting that the goods to be purchased or hired under the contract conform to standards and technical specifications (within the meaning of regulation 12(1)) identified by the contracting authority; (m) in the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required by the contracting authority; (n) a certificate: (i) attesting conformity to quality management systems standards based on the relevant European standard; and (ii) from an independent accredited body established in any member State conforming to the European standards concerning accreditation and certification; (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 requirement that is stated in the PQQ shall prevail. The requirement that is stated in the PQQ shall prevail.
(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; (f) a check carried out by the contracting authority or on its behalf by a competent official body of the member State in which the economic operator is established: (i) on the technical capacity of the economic operator; and (ii) if relevant, on the economic operator's study and research facilities and quality control measures; (h) the environmental management measures that the economic operator is able to apply when performing the contract, but only where it is necessary for the performance of that contract; (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; (l) certification by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence, attesting that the goods to be purchased or hired under the contract conform to standards and technical specifications (within the meaning of regulation 12(1)) identified by the contracting authority; (m) in the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required by the contracting authority; (n) a certificate: (i) attesting conformity to quality management systems standards based on the relevant European standard; and (ii) from an independent accredited body established in any member State conforming to the European standards concerning accreditation and certification; (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 requirement that is stated in the PQQ shall prevail.
The requirement that is stated in the PQQ shall prevail.