Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-16
Buyer: Ministry of Defence
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 22454000 | 80000000 | 80400000 | 80411000 | 80530000
Estimated value: 42800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-10-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) (referred to hereafter as the ‘Authority’) Defence School of Transport (DST) is the training delivery authority for all wheeled driver training for Defence. The DST's responsibility ranges from licence acquisition through to specialist vehicle platform training and mechanical transport-related management courses.
The Authority's personnel frequently require licence acquisition training in order to drive the vehicles they are expected to operate in the course of their duties. To meet the statutory and legal obligations set for the DST, the Authority's personnel must hold the appropriate category of licence to operate military vehicles legally on public roads.
The purpose of this Procurement is to appoint a single Supplier, in each of the 7 Lots within the scope of this Procurement, to provide concurrent Licence Acquisition Training (‘LAT’) to the Authority's personnel.
In each of Lots 1 — 5, the Supplier will be required to deliver Category B / B+E / C / C+E / D / D1 / D1+E LAT in a specific geographical region.
In Lot 6 the Supplier will be required to deliver Category B / B+E LAT nationally at Phase 2 training establishments.
In Lot 7 the Supplier will be required to deliver Category C / C+E LAT nationally at Phase 2 training establishments.
Potential Providers are permitted to bid for all or any combination of the 7 Lots. However, to support the assurance of continuity of supply and to reduce supply chain risk, a Potential Provider may only be awarded a Contract in one of Lots 1 — 5 (inclusive), and a Potential Provider may only be awarded a Contract in either Lot 6 or Lot 7. This means that the maximum possible number of Contracts a Potential Provider may be awarded as a result of this Procurement is 2, namely:
Where a Potential Provider is successful in one of Lots 1 — 5, any Tender it has submitted for any other Lot in Lots 1 — 5 will be excluded from consideration for the purposes of this Procurement.
Where a Potential Provider is successful in either Lot 6 or Lot 7, any Tender it has submitted for the other Lot (i.e. either Lot 6 or Lot 7) will be excluded from consideration for the purposes of this Procurement.
For Lot 2, the Authority considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (‘TUPE’) is unlikely to apply to the Contract awarded as a result of this Procurement.
For Lot 1, and Lots 3 — 7, the Authority considers TUPE may apply to the Contracts awarded as a result of this Procurement. For all Lots, it is the responsibility of Potential Providers to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply in the particular circumstances of the Contracts that will be established as a result of this Procurement.
— To deploy and maintain a sufficient number of Instructors to ensure that, throughout the Contract, all of the LAT required by the Authority, including delivering LAT courses concurrently and during peaks in demand, is delivered in full, on time, and to the Authority's satisfaction;
— To provide all training vehicles and trailers required to deliver all of the Authority's requested LAT courses, including during peak periods of demand, in full, on time, and with no delay to the commencement of Candidates' LAT;
— To provide all personal protective equipment and training aids required to deliver the requested LAT;
The Authority may extend the Contract for any period or periods up to a maximum of twelve (12) months in total from the expiry of the initial Contract period of 39 months.

Eligibility requirements: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with —Section 5 of the Regulations implementing the Directive on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). This procurement will be managed electronically via the Agent's e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, Potential Providers must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link ‘Register for CCS eSourcing’. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered supplier; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the supplier to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Help-desk email: eenablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk A full copy of the ITT documentation for this procurement will be available, with unrestricted and full access, via the Agent's website from the date of the publication of this contract notice: http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline Responses must be published by the date in IV.3.4. Please note that the time will be 15:00 BST. Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with —Section 5 of the Regulations implementing the Directive on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with the ITT. The ITT can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 The Agent will use a credit reference agency to request a financial risk score for each Potential Provider based on the information provided in response to the ITT. The Agent may take into account any of the following information: a) a copy of your audited accounts for the most recent 2 years, and/or b) a statement of your turnover profit and loss account and cash flow for the most recent year of trading; c) a statement of your cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position; and/or d) an alternative means of demonstrating financial status (for example, a forecast of turnover for the current year and a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, and charity accruals accounts). Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Regulations implementing the Directive, on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT. The ITT can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 The Agent may take the following information into account in its assessment: (a) Two contract examples, from the public or private sector, where similar requirements to those sought under this Procurement have been performed. The contract should have been performed during the past three years; (b) Evidence within the two contract examples that the Potential Provider has the necessary technical and professional ability and experience to perform the Contract to the required standard; (c) Where the Potential Provider intends to rely on sub-contractors to deliver the requirements of the Contract, the Potential Provider shall describe the role that each sub-contractor shall perform and shall provide an indication of the proportion of the contractual obligations which shall be sub-contracted to each sub-contractor.
Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with —Section 5 of the Regulations implementing the Directive on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with the ITT. The ITT can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 The Agent will use a credit reference agency to request a financial risk score for each Potential Provider based on the information provided in response to the ITT. The Agent may take into account any of the following information: a) a copy of your audited accounts for the most recent 2 years, and/or b) a statement of your turnover profit and loss account and cash flow for the most recent year of trading; c) a statement of your cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position; and/or d) an alternative means of demonstrating financial status (for example, a forecast of turnover for the current year and a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, and charity accruals accounts).
Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Regulations implementing the Directive, on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT. The ITT can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 The Agent may take the following information into account in its assessment: (a) Two contract examples, from the public or private sector, where similar requirements to those sought under this Procurement have been performed. The contract should have been performed during the past three years; (b) Evidence within the two contract examples that the Potential Provider has the necessary technical and professional ability and experience to perform the Contract to the required standard; (c) Where the Potential Provider intends to rely on sub-contractors to deliver the requirements of the Contract, the Potential Provider shall describe the role that each sub-contractor shall perform and shall provide an indication of the proportion of the contractual obligations which shall be sub-contracted to each sub-contractor.