Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-08-02
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DE&S Mat Strat, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 34510000

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Defence (MoD), Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) team are considering options to optimise the delivery of up to 3 Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) Fleet Solid Support (FSS) Sea Going Vessels. These vessels will have the capability to provide the solid sustainment (food, stores and ammunition) required for Maritime Task Groups and Joint Forces.This will allow the UK to achieve full use of the new Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers. It is issuing this Prior Information Notice, as well as inviting representation from the Ship Design and Ship Build Industry sectors to engage with MoD DE&S to inform the feasibility of the acquisition options that are currently being considered.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD), Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) team are considering options to optimise the delivery of up to 3 Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) Fleet Solid Support (FSS) Sea Going Vessels. These vessels will have the capability to provide the solid sustainment (food, stores and ammunition) required for Maritime Task Groups and Joint Forces. This will allow the UK to achieve full use of the new Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers. It is issuing this Prior Information Notice, as well as inviting representation from the Ship Design and Ship Build Industry sectors to engage with MoD DE&S to inform the feasibility of the acquisition options that are currently being considered.
DE&S will issue an Overview Pack to all respondents to this PIN which will set out the Market Engagement process. This Market Engagement process will involve an initial Industry Day with bilateral meetings to be held at a later date with potential prime contractors who have been invited to participate further. (See Overview Pack for further Information.)
In issuing this PIN and engaging with the market, DE&S is not committing to carry out any procurement exercises in relation to any or all of the requirements stated in this PIN. Equally non-participation in this Market Engagement will not be taken into account in any future procurement activities and will not preclude any organisation from submitting a tender in any future competitions.
Any organisation wishing to participate in this Market Engagement should respond to DE&S via the following contact email:
Organisations attending will be limited to a maximum of 3 representatives. Due to the number of places available being limited, we may be required to reduce representation numbers per organisation if necessary. (Please note we require responses to the PIN through your company e-mail address only. Responses via personal e-mail addresses will not be accepted.)
Please provide a designated point of contact for your organisation. An Industry Day timetable of events will be issued via the contact point for invited attendees closer to the day.
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.
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.uk GO Reference: GO-2017731-DCB-10741237.