Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2017-09-20
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71241000
Submission deadline: 2017-10-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) Strategic Analysis team requires the provision of research and analysis services to support the delivery of analysis to inform UK Defence policy and strategy development.
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
You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code T93KGC669R to view the ITT documents.
Interested tenderers who access the ITT documents are requested to send contact details to Ursula.hobbs364@mod.gov.uk so that they can be notified of any clarification questions and responses.
The Cyber Risk Level relating to this Contract has been assessed in accordance with the Cyber Security Model and is LOW. Suppliers who wish to tender must register on the Supplier Cyber Protection Service (https://suppliercyberprotection.service.xgov.uk/) and complete a Supplier Assurance Questionnaire using RAR-SCHP84FF to demonstrate they can meet the cyber security requirements specified in DEF STAN 05-138.
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
The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on http://www.contracts.mod.uk. You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code T93KGC669R to view the ITT documents.
Interested tenderers who access the ITT documents are requested to send contact details to Ursula.hobbs364@mod.gov.uk so that they can be notified of any clarification questions and responses.
The Cyber Risk Level relating to this Contract has been assessed in accordance with the Cyber Security Model and is LOW. Suppliers who wish to tender must register on the Supplier Cyber Protection Service (https://suppliercyberprotection.service.xgov.uk/) and complete a Supplier Assurance Questionnaire using RAR-DCAT8C87 to demonstrate they can meet the cyber security requirements specified in DEF STAN 05-138.