Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-09-21
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Joint Sensor and Engagement Networks Team (JSENS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Accelerated negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35613100 | 35723000
Estimated value: 10000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-10-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles. Air defence radar. The Authority has an Urgent Capability Requirement (UCR) to provide a Counter Unmanned Air System (C-UAS) capability (Technology Readiness Level 8 minimum) for UK armed forces. The Capability shall be able to Detect, Track, Identify and Defeat UAS's with weight ranges of between 2-150 kg. With a specific area of focus on the 2-22 kg and a minimum defeat range of <500 m. The system shall be capable of handling data, and operating within an environment, classified at a minimum of NATO Secret Rel FVEY.
The Contract shall include the provision of 1 year in service support to commence at the point of delivery and acceptance. The Contract shall also include Options for a further 4, 1 year support periods. Delivery of an overall training package will be required by the contractor to cover the equipment and its operation.
All those expressing an interest must complete a Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) to ensure that only those with adequate economic and financial standing as well as the professional and technical knowledge are invited to tender. Responders will be asked to demonstrate previous examples of expertise and delivery in operational environments.
The DPQQ assessment criteria is provided as supporting information with the DPQQ. The DPQQ will be assessed using both pass/fail criteria and a weighted scoring scheme. The number of potential suppliers invited to tender will be a max. of 5. Once the DPQQ assessment has concluded, those taken forward shall be provided with the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) and details of the technology demonstration.
The ITN process will include a technology demonstration, which the Authority shall host at a venue (TBC). This shall independently test and evaluate candidate systems suitability against Authority pre-defined criteria, and the resulting data shall form part of the tender evaluation down selection method. This demonstration may be called at short notice (4 weeks from ITN release).
To enable the authority to book the demonstration test site (s) and understand permission requirements please could candidate's forward, as part of the DPQQ submission, sensor, transmission types and other test site requirements / considerations. This is for information only and shall not be used as part of the selection criteria. You must notify the Authority immediately of any potential Conflict of Interest (CoI) that may arise in relation to this requirement.
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.
An ITN will be issued to selected companies following the Authority's assessment of the DPQQ and will contain details of the requirement and potential future options. The ITN will be assessed to establish the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. The full evaluation criteria will be specified in the ITN along with the evaluation process.
Please confirm if the proposed solution would be subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
The Contract duration in this notice is indicative only, and also includes the initial 12 month duration and the additional 4x 1 year options.
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.