Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-22
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 90500000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2021-01-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Refuse and waste related services. Refuse and waste related services. Compliant disposal of MOD scrap metal and redundant assets covering Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Throughput value is approximately GBP 6.27 million over 4 years with an additional 3 x 1-year options.
Provision of a disposal service for the contractor to manage and supply skips, Roll on Roll Off (RoRo) containers, flatbeds, or bulker lorries or other transportation medium identified from the outset of each individual routine task.
With regards to lot 1 the contracts may be required to handle and disposal of classified and/or sensitive items such as assets subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Attractive to Criminals and Terrorist Organisations (ACTO).
The authority's definition of redundant assets is the collection and recovery of metal equipment and materiel that are assets or structures that may need to be deconstructed or taken apart onsite prior to transporting, this may include wide loads, over 2.89 million, loading equipment where a unit or establishment is unable to load the assets onto a suitable vehicle, or a specialised vehicle.
With regards to lot 2 the contracts may be required to handle and disposal of classified and/or sensitive items such as assets subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Attractive to Criminals and Terrorist Organisations (ACTO).
Lot 1: Provision of a disposal service for the contractor to manage and supply skips, Roll on Roll Off (RoRo) containers, flatbeds, or bulker lorries or other transportation medium identified from the outset of each individual routine task.
Lot 2: A service to be provided by the contractor to manage the recovery, collection, storage and disposal of redundant MOD Scrap Metal Assets and material. The authority's definition of redundant assets is the collection and recovery of metal equipment and materiel that are assets or structures that may need to be deconstructed or taken apart onsite prior to transporting, this may include wide loads, over 2.89 million, loading equipment where a unit or establishment is unable to load the assets onto a suitable vehicle, or a specialised vehicle.
With regards to lots 1 and 2 the contracts may be required to handle and disposal of classified and/or sensitive items such as assets subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Attractive to Criminals and Terrorist Organisations (ACTO).
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 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

Eligibility requirements: As outlined in pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ). As outlined in pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).
As outlined in pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).