Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-11
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
Country: UK
Region: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35330000: Ammunition
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-04-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Authority has a possible future requirement to procure up to Qty 3420 Generators for use within training and operational roles with the UK Armed Forces. The potential Contract will be Firm for two years, with up to three years Options, to be delivered in the following years Three through to Five of the Contract; exact figures will be discussed and provided in the preceding September.
You are invited to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, which will be measured against selected criteria in terms of Commercial and Technical requirements.
The Technical requirement is for a Marine location marker to be called Generator Marine Smoke and Flame (GMSF) that will be manually deployed into the sea from ships and aircraft to produce a smoke and flame signal for a minimum of 5 minutes.
On award of the Contract, the supplying contractor shall provide support to ensure full qualification and maintenance of this qualification throughout the duration of the Contract. This includes, but is not limited to, MOD Safe and Suitability for Service (S3) to assess the ammunition suitability with regard to the Manufacture to the Disposal sequence (MOD may terminate the Contract if any safety concerns become apparent). Any resultant munitions procured as a result of this Notice will be subject to the relevant Quality Assurance Standards.
The closing date for expressing your interest in this requirement and completing the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 1.4.2016.
The Performance of the Contract is subject to particular conditions. These are covered within the Invitation To Tender documents (Terms and Conditions).
The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the Euporean Parliament and of the Council (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 of the Euporean Parliament and of the Council (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.
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, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.
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.
Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.ukSuppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.

Eligibility requirements: ISO9001.