Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-18
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Platform Systems (MPS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35512000: Submarines | 35522000: Shipborne radar systems | 50660000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Electronic and electrical spare parts for warships. Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems. Submarines. Spares, Repairs, Post Design and Technical Support for Platform Control and Indication Systems and Equipment for Naval Ships and Submarines. The requirement covers the manufacture, sourcing, repair and design support for equipment and items together with services such as obsolescence management and the updating of drawings and technical documentation. Systems and Equipment include Machinery Control and Surveillance (MCAS) systems, centralised control consoles, electrical, environmental, auxiliary machinery panels and local control panels. These are used to control and monitor internal Naval Ship and Submarine activities such as power generation and distribution, sea and water systems, main propulsion, platform systems and auxiliary and hotel systems. Further description is contained within the Support Information Documentation. The requirement has been split into 5 distinct Lots.
Up to five framework agreements will be let covering the five Lots. The Contractor(s) will be responsible for supplying Spares, Repairs and Post Design / Technical Support demanded by the Authority, as and when required, within the agreed lead times. Proposals may be submitted for one or more Lots. Responses to the PQQ should make it clear which Lots companies are interested in. The Supporting Information documentation expands on the requirements of this tender. If the Tenderer is planning to sub-contract any of the Activities within the tender requirement, this must be made very clear in their tender responses. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract, indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
Payment will follow Delivery and Acceptance of Goods or Services via Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F).
If a group of economic operators submit a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Authority. The Authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering in to the contract.
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 a Security Aspects Letter, the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter to reflect any changes in 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 Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC (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 (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 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.
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Eligibility requirements: This Information will be sought through a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). Please see Contract Notice Supporting Information Document within PQQ.
This Information will be sought through a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ).
Please see Contract Notice Supporting Information Document within PQQ.