Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-10-16
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 98362100
Estimated value:  GBP
Award criteria: Technical Score, Price

Technical requirements: Technical Score
Price
Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Future In-Service Support (FISS) – Through Life Support Requirement
Marine-base support services. Repair and maintenance services of ships. The Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team manages the In-Service support of a diverse range of platforms which includes the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) flotilla and the Royal Navy (RN) Hydrographic and Patrol (H&P) including Survey Ships. The majority of contracts which support these platforms will expire in 2018. This advert relates specifically to the RFA and HMS Scott (Ocean Survey Vessel) requirements currently supported under long-term through-life-support contracts.
The 14 (fourteen) vessels in scope (thirteen (13) RFA and one (1) OSV) have been split into three (3) Lots, to best utilise learning from experience, whilst ensuring competition and value for money is achieved. The successful bidder(s) must support all requirements within their allocated Lot(s) over the ten (10) year framework agreement duration. In order to preserve competition or ensure reliability of supply although tenderers will be able to submit bids for all three (3) lots, the maximum number they can be awarded is two (2).
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.
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
— Electronic Trading - Potential suppliers must note the mandatory requirement for electronic trading using the Ministry of Defence’s standard Purchase to Payment (P2P) system operating under the Defence Electronic Commerce Service, which shall be a special condition for the performance of this Contract. Potential suppliers are to also note that the MOD is currently in the process of changing its P2P system, with the final planned stage of the rollout expected in 2017. You can find details on the current P2P system at www.d2btrade.com. The Contractor shall be required to sign DEFFORM 30 (Electronic Transaction Agreements) and unconditionally accept DEFCON 5J (Unique Identifiers), DEFCON 129J (The Use of Electronic Business Delivery Form); and DEFCON 522J (Payment under P2P),
— 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. 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,
— For each Lot comprising this Invitation to Negotiate the price evaluation will be based on the total cost to MOD for that Lot. These additional costs may include, but will not necessarily be limited to:
(1) Additional costs of transporting equipment or other stores to the waterfront bases, for example if an overseas waterfront base is proposed;
— The current Lotting strategy, which the Authority reserves the right to change, states that a bidder can bid for all Lots but may be restricted to win a maximum of two (2),
— The following vessels currently have an out of service date that falls within the contract duration: Lot 1 – RFA FORT AUSTIN, RFA FORT ROSALIE, and RFA FORT VICTORIA in 2025; and Lot 2 – RFA ARGUS in 2024 and HMS SCOTT in 2022. The vessel out of service dates are for illustrative purposes only, and may be subject to change,
— This advert is in relation to Prior Information Notice 2016/S 129-232289 published in tenders electronic daily on 7 July 2016,
— The DPQQ Access codes are 672W98TB45 for Lot 1, 7TD3XTY6RK for Lot 2 and 654WV96N78 for Lot 3. Should you have any issues responding to any of the DPQQ's via the DCO please follow the instructions in this advert or contact the CSS FISS Group Email account. The deadline for responding to the DPQQ's is 23:55 on 29 November 2016,


Number of bids: 4