Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-04
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DIO, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work
Estimated value:  EUR
Submission deadline: 2018-09-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Building construction work. The construction of up to 30 SFA houses based on 100 % Authority Design across a maximum of 3 sites within the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) at RAF Akrotiri, WSBA, Cyprus.
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.
— Supplementary / additional questions including in respect of organisational technical and/or professional capability.
The above criteria is set out within PQQ PAS 91 which respondents will be asked to complete subsequently in order to potentially down select to the maximum number of companies required to be invited to tender with the Authority.
(a) PASS/FAIL Evaluation. A number of PASS/FAIL questions each of which must be passed by the Potential Provider in order to progress (except where the Authority has discretion not to fail the Potential Provider). Where evidence has been requested to support a PASS/FAIL question this should be of an acceptable standard.
(b) YES/NO Evaluation. A number of YES/NO questions each of which requires information to be provided by the Potential Provider in order to progress. Where evidence has been requested to support a YES/NO question this should be of an acceptable standard.
(c) Scored Evaluation. An assessment through a Scoring methodology, by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), of the responses and supporting evidence provided by a Potential Provider to each question with a range of criteria. The Authority may require Potential Providers to demonstrate a minimum capability in certain areas.
The evaluation criteria for each question is detailed within Appendix 1 of the PQQ. Potential Providers are to note that where a PASS/FAIL question allows the Authority the discretion to PASS/FAIL, then the Authority will exercise its discretion in determining the exclusion or not of a Potential Provider.
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.
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-2018831-DCB-13114237