Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-08-06
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Infrastructure Programme (OIP)
Country: UK
Region: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 55200000
Estimated value: 243000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Programme Management Office (PgMO), part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) has identified a potential requirement for the provision of a modular and scalable, deployable Equipment Infrastructure (EI) system to support Domestic, Headquarters and Medical functions of expeditionary forces deployed across the spectrum of operations in the Land environment. The project will provide a core solution which can be enhanced to meet increased system demands of specialist users and environments through additional modular components and which has the capacity to be employed to meet emerging Equipment Infrastructure requirements.
The solution must be compatible with technical, medical and communications equipments and include the provision of the system, support (incl. training, repair and logistics) and pricing for erect, maintain and strike functions of the camp as required both in the UK, when deployed on operations overseas and on training exercises.
The Department is seeking to implement an arrangement with a single Contractor with an aspiration to employ a Whole Force Approach although this is not currently a mandated requirement.
It is expected that the system will be made up of Commercial Off The Shelf and/or Military Off The Shelf equipment.
(1) Generic modular and scalable shelter system based on a limited number of shelters and capable of use either individually or in combination. To include:
(a) Basic environmental protection required by general users and equipments to meet generic service operation;
(2) Enable the use of existing and future systems which lie outside the project boundary e.g. power generation and communication systems.
(3) Provide an enhanced environment required to enable domestic support functions through flooring, lighting, heating, cooling and climate control systems where required;
(2) Provide the necessary STRAP accredited EI to accommodate and enable a Contingency Operational Intelligence Support Group (C-OISG) and other, above SECRET, functions to Bde HQs and above;
(3) Provide the enhanced environment required by specialist C4I equipments through flooring, lighting, heating, cooling and climate control systems where required.
(5) Provide the enhanced environment required by specialist medical equipments through flooring, lighting, heating, cooling and climate control systems where required.
All interested parties should note that a CANABA Stakeholder Day will be held on 19.9.2016 at The Holiday Inn, Filton, Bristol. Prior registration is required for attendance, which is limited to 2 people per individual company. Registration requests should be addressed to:
PgMO Future Operational Infrastructure Projects, CANABA Project, Spruce 3b, #1309, MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH.
From 2.4.2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
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.