Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-19
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DIO, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 22314000 | 45000000: Construction work
Estimated value: 7500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Construction work. Designs. The project concerns the delivery of enabling infrastructure works to facilitate the replacement of an existing Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) system with the new system. The GBAD project sites are located in the Falklands Islands (East Falkland) within proximity to Mount Pleasant Base which hosts British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) garrison and main operations. The value of the works is anticipated to be in the region of  7 500 000 GBP- 10 000 000 GBP.
— A range of new / upgraded civils infrastructure including roads, hard standings, reinforced concrete and earth retaining structures /operational areas (systems loading / unloading / testing / use), bunkers upgrading and supporting infrastructure (including demolition of redundant infrastructure and site reinstatement);
— The re-configuration / upgrading of existing buildings (including office/operations command, accommodation and light industrial uses (storage of GBAD systems components and vehicles);
The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) 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. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
(a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.
(c) Where appropriate, a statement, covering the three previous financial years of the economic operator, of:(i) the overall turnover of the business of the economic operator; and (ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract.
— Supplementary / additional questions including in respect of organisational technical and/or professional capability.
The above criteria is set out within PQQ PAS 91 which respondents will be asked to complete subsequently in order to potentially down select to the maximum number of companies required to be invited to tender with the Authority.
a. PASS/FAIL Evaluation. A number of PASS/FAIL questions each of which must be passed by the Potential Provider in order to progress (except where the Authority has discretion not to fail the Potential Provider). Where evidence has been requested to support a PASS/FAIL question this should be of an acceptable standard.
b. YES/NO Evaluation. A number of YES/NO questions each of which requires information to be provided by the Potential Provider in order to progress. Where evidence has been requested to support a YES/NO question this should be of an acceptable standard.

Eligibility requirements: (a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established. (c) Where appropriate, a statement, covering the three previous financial years of the economic operator, of:(i) the overall turnover of the business of the economic operator; and (ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract. Not provided.
To be set out in the PQQ/ITT.