Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2017-07-28
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 50241000
Submission deadline: 2017-07-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Future In-Service Support (FISS) — Classification, Survey and Design Appraisal Services Requirement for thirteen (13) Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and one (1) Royal Navy (RN) Vessels.
This requirement is for the provision of classification, survey and design appraisal planning, services to support x13 RFA and x1 RN platforms.
The scope of this requirement covers the provision and procurement of classification, survey and design appraisal services for the following ships: RFA Wave Knight, RFA Wave Ruler (Wave class); RFA Fort Austin, RFA Fort Rosalie, RFA Fort Victoria (Fort Class); RFA Lyme Bay, RFA Mounts Bay, RFA Cardigan Bay (Bay Class); RFA Argus; HMS Scott (OSV); RFA Tidespring, RFA Tiderace, RFA Tidesurge, RFA Tideforce (Tide Class). The successful contractors may need to offer national and international classification and survey support and assist with the planning, management and implementation of maintenance periods. Maintenance periods may include, but not be limited to: Refit Periods; Docking Periods; Contractor Support Periods; Annual Certification Periods; and Assisted Maintenance Periods.
The successful organisation will be required to work collaboratively with allocated maintenance contractors and CSS staff.
CSS is currently running a competition to identify the maintenance contractors suitable for managing the support requirements. This is split into three separate capabilities as follows: Lot 1(Wave and Fort Class), Lot 2 (Bay Class, RFA Argus and HMS Scott) and Lot 3 (Tide Class). It is envisaged that there will be one (1) joint support team per maintenance contractor. Each of these Lots will last for ten (10) years.
Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Future In-Service Support (FISS) — Classification, Survey and Design Appraisal Services Requirement for thirteen (13) Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and three (3) Royal Navy (RN).
This requirement is for the provision of classification, survey and design appraisal planning, services to support x13 RFA and x3 RN platforms.
The scope of this requirement covers the provision and procurement of classification, survey and design appraisal services for the following ships: RFA Wave Knight, RFA Wave Ruler (Wave class); RFA Fort Austin, RFA Fort Rosalie, RFA Fort Victoria (Fort Class); RFA Lyme Bay, RFA Mounts Bay, RFA Cardigan Bay (Bay Class); RFA Argus; HMS Scott (OSV); RFA Tidespring, RFA Tiderace, RFA Tidesurge, RFA Tideforce (Tide Class); HMS Echo, HMS Enterprise (SVHO). The successful bidder may need to offer national and international classification and survey support and assist with the planning, management and implementation of maintenance periods. Maintenance periods may include, but not be limited to: Refit Periods; Docking Periods; Contractor Support Periods; Annual Certification Periods; and Assisted Maintenance Periods. The successful bidder will be required to work collaboratively with CSS staff and up to four (4) allocated maintenance contractors. CSS is currently running competitions to identify the maintenance contractors suitable for delivering the support requirements, which are as follows: One competition (CSS/0096) to identify maintenance contractors for thirteen (13) RFA and one (1) RN vessel is split into 3 lots as follows: Lot 1 (Wave and Fort Class), Lot 2 (Bay Class, RFA Argus and HMS Scott) and Lot 3 (Tide Class). There will be at least two (2) maintenance contractors selected from this competition. It is envisaged that there will be one (1) joint support team per maintenance contractor. 1 competition (CSS/0122) to identify a contractor for the delivery of an Asset Availability Service (AAS) for the maintenance and upkeep of HMS Echo and Enterprise (SVHO).
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