Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-10
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Accelerated negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72212121
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-10-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Air traffic control software development services. Project KOPPLA's objective is to develop and deliver an ‘off-board’ Proximity Awareness Capability (PAC) for Combat Air (CA) platforms operating within UK airspace utilising existing Air C2 systems in order to mitigate the risk of Mid Air Collision (MAC) with Commercial Air Traffic (CAT). Tender responses must require no modifications to the aircraft and have minimal impact on Air C2 systems and resources. Coherence with existing and future Air C2 architecture will be a priority, as will future sustainability.
KOPPLA should provide mitigation in all areas of significant MAC risk and allow for a multi-phased solution that will build on an initial mitigation.
KOPPLA will achieve Initial Operation Capability (IOC) within 6 Months from Contract Award (T+6). IOC is defined as, at the minimum, to have the capability to pass air surveillance tracks over Link 16 to Typhoons operating in vicinity of RAF Coningsby. Due to the safety critical nature of the project, Tender responses are required to demonstrate how they will rapidly achieve IOC.
The contract will comprise the delivery of an IOC at RAF Conningsby within 6 months of contract commencement. There will be a future potential option dependent of successful delivery of the IOC and funding to deliver a complete solution to UK airspace.
Due to the release of a Prior Information Notice, and the safety risk associated with this project, KOPPLA will be an accelerated competition. A ten day PQQ will be followed by a four week tender return period.
Successful tenderers will need to be able to achieve List X prior to contract commencement status due to the cryptographic material associated with Typhoon.
The contract will be split into stages. The first stage is concerned with completing IOC. Later stages will be concerned with the wider implementation of the system across UK airspace. The later stages may be further split down into work performed at specific Main Operating Bases (MOBs).
The Tender will be awarded based on the ability to perform the entire requirement. However, the contract will be split into IOC, followed by the wider implementation of the requirement. The options will be based around implementation of the winning system at MOBs listed in the ITT.
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) 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 five years, or during a shorter period if necessary, and:

Eligibility requirements: Covered in PQQ
N/A
(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 five 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; (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. Covered in PQQ. Covered in PQQ
(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 five 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; (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. Covered in PQQ.