Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-07
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 50116000: Repair and maintenance services of car parts
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: IRM17/4766 - Direct repair scheme for the supply and fit of windscreens, body glass & associated accessories
Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehicles. Babcock DSG on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence has a potential requirement to place a 5-year framework agreement with the possibility of a further two 1-year extensions for the direct repair/replacement of windscreens and vehicle glass covering a varied range of light and heavy logistics vehicles utilised by the armed forces.
The Authority has a potential requirement to place a 5-year Framework Agreement for the direct repair/replacement of windscreen and vehicle glass, and the supply and fitting of heated rear windscreens and body glass for a varied range of light and heavy logistics vehicles utilized by the Armed Forces. There will also be the provision for two 1-year options, should this be required and subject to satisfactory performance.
The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature during the lifetime of the contract such as transparent armor and reserves the right to extend the areas of service to include other EU Countries.
— a windscreen/glass repair/replacement service for units of the armed forces, throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The full scope of the service may also encompass other EU Countries,
— supply and fit of windscreens and body glass at MOD sites or roadside to original equipment/MOD specification on a like for like basis using either ready-made windows or cut on site laminated flat glass,
— the supply of surrounds, trims, and accessories when required to affect glass/windscreen replacement,
Babcock DSG on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence has a potential requirement to place a 5-year framework agreement with the possibility of a further 2 x 1-year options.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organization to deal with the Authority. The Authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
— 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.
— 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.
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.