Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-11
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Soldier Training and Special Programmes
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35331400
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment. Land mines. Special Projects Explosive Ordinance Disposal and Search (SP EOD&S), herein known as the authority, has a requirement to procure a number of Personal Mine Extraction Kits (PMEK) and a smaller number of Vehicle Mine Extraction Kits (VMEK). These kits are used by an individual to extract themselves (PMEK) or a vehicle (VMEK) from a minefield, by enabling the safe identification and marking of mines and tripwires.
The PMEK and VMEK systems contain: A mine prodder, A tripwire feeler, an aide memoire, safe (white) day route markers (20 in PMEK and 200 in VMEK), suspect (red) day route makers (5 in PMEK and 10 in VMEK) and a pouch (PMEK) or hard case (VMEK), containing these components. The pouch and hard case also need to hold cyalumes for night marking. In addition to those listed, the VMEK hard case must hold 50 6-inch cyalumes, however these will be provisioned under a separate contract. The PMEK pouch must hold 20 green (safe) cyalumes and 5 red (suspect) cyalumes. The cyalumes will be provisioned under this contract but should be available separately upon request by the authority and not included as standard in the PMEK system.
The authority has a requirement for an initial order of approximately 4 000 PMEK systems, 70 VMEK systems and 2 000 sets of cyalumes, which may be met through a series of staggered deliveries. Additional orders will be placed on an ad hoc, as required basis. There are also options to make minor changes to individual holdings up until the Out of Service Date, such as a potential upgrade of 6 500 mine prodders.
Successful tenders will be responsible for the manufacture and supply of the PMEK and VMEK systems and the procurement of PMEK cyalumes. If successful in their bid, tenderers will need to ensure that: an agreed upon level of quality is met, the initial order is delivered within 6 months and subsequent orders are delivered within 3 months, minor changes can be made to holdings, various order sizes can be fulfilled, and individual components can be supplied.
The contract is intended to consist of 3 years firm with 3 option years. The cyber risk profile of this contract is very low. The cyber risk assessment can be completed at https://supplier-cyber-protection.service.gov.uk, using the RAR code RAR-T3VF7TRB. Expressions of Interest to participate in this requirement are to be submitted on the DCO by completing the DPQQ, access code 3R4XJHY3YX.
Optional procurement of additional kits and replacement components on contract. This consists of approximately 400 PMEK and 20 VMEK kits per year and a number of spare components in both the fixed and option years. Approximate total cost: 150 000
Optional cyalume procurement. This consists of the purchase of approximately 2 000 additional cyalumes over a 2-year period, for both the firm and option years. Approximate total cost: 120 000
Optional Mine prodder update. This consists of the potential update of mine prodders to become nonmagnetic, leading to the replacement of approximately 6 500 mine prodders. Approximate total cost: 150 000
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.
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