Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-06-14
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Region: Suffolk
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 75220000: Civil defence services
Estimated value: 853135 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 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.
The Authority intends to invite no more than 10 Economic Operators to tender for this requirement and will therefore conduct a pre-qualification exercise to assist in any down selection. Only those Economic Operators who can demonstrate a sufficient level of economic and financial standing and technical or professional ability against the Authority's pre-qualification criteria may be invited to tender. Should more than 10 Economic Operators fulfil the selection criteria, the Authority reserves the right to conduct a further down selection. Full details on how to access the ‘Dynamic’ Pre-Qualification Questionnaire linked to this advert are contained in the final 2 (two) paragraphs below. The Authority reserves the right to seek independent financial and market advice to validate information declared, or to assist in any pre-qualification evaluation.
Section 4 Part 1: Form D (Economic and Financial Standing). The Authority's preferred response is 4.1.1 (most recent 2 (two) years audited accounts). However, other means of establishing financial standing (serials 4.1.2 — 4.1.4) are acceptable provided they contain the requisite level of detail and fully justified.
Overall, there will be a maximum of 500 marks/100 % available based on the scoring and weighting methodology detailed in the Evaluation Plan. Only those candidates who can demonstrate a GOOD level of economic and financial standing and technical of professional ability against the Authority's pre-qualification criteria may be invited to tender. With this is mind, it has been determined by the Authority that a MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE SCORE/COMPLIANCE HURDLE RATE will be set at 300 marks/60 % (or above) out of a possible 500 marks/100 %. Candidates who fail to achieve the minimum score will AUTOMATICALLY be eliminated from the process.
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 GO Reference: GO-2017613-DCB-10412274.


Number of bids: 2