Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-04-10
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Apache Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 42600000 | 42611000 | 42650000 | 42651000
Estimated value: 1 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-05-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Tools, hand tools, miscellaneous hand tools, pneumatic or motorised hand tools, pneumatic hand tools, hand-held electromechanical tools, tool holders, power tools, machine tools, special-purpose machine tools, security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment, tools, locks, keys, hinges, fasteners, chain and springs. The authority has a requirement to purchase a total number of 146 x AH-64E specific toolkits (refer to section II.2.1) Total quantity or scope (including all lots, renewals and options) and additional information for a breakdown) required to support the Apache AH-64E platform of which are profiled over 2 years (2020/2021 and 2021/2022) with deliveries due to take place in Sept 20, Jan 21 and Jul 22. Further breakdown of the toolkits is set out within the Statement of Requirement (SoR) which is attached to the PQQ. Please refer to section VI.3) Additional information on how to access the PQQ.
Airframe repairer tool kit (also known as Sheet Metal Tool Kit) - Pt No: CATSSMTK14 / NSN: 5180-01-628-2376: Qty 12.
The contractor shall provide the contractor deliverables to the authority at the contract price. The contract price shall be a firm price unless otherwise stated in Schedule 3 (Contract Data Sheet). Subject to condition 35, the contract price shall be inclusive of any UK custom and excise or other duty payable. The contractor shall not make any claim for drawback of UK import duty on any part of the contract deliverables supplied which may be for shipment outside of the UK. Payment for contractor deliverables will be made by electronic transfer and prior to submitting any claims for payment under Clause 36 (Payment and Recovery of Sums Due) the contractor will be required to register their details (supplier on-boarding) on the Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) electronic procurement tool. The contract price excludes any UK output Value Added Tax (VAT) and any similar EU (or non-EU) taxes chargeable on the supply of contractor deliverables by the contractor to the authority.
(a) a clear statement that all members of the group are jointly and severally liable for the contents of the group’s tender and, in the event the group is awarded the contract, the performance of the contract;
(b) submit a signed statement from each of the members, confirming their participation in the group and that they are not participating singularly and/or in any other group taking part in the same procurement procedure;
(c) a statement signed by all members of the group authorising the lead partner to act on behalf of the group; and
Nothing within this contract will be protectively marked above Official, therefore a security aspects letter is not required.
The authority has completed the risk assessment which is the first stage in the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP) Cyber Security Model. It is a questionnaire that assesses the cyber risk profile of a contract. The cyber risk level is set at very low and the following Risk Assessment Reference (RAR) has been, reference number: RAR-B3HE4BHT.
This reference number has been to tenderers and those looking to submit a tender response are required to complete a related online supplier assurance questionnaire (SAQ) using the Octavian tool which can be accessed via the following link: https://supplier-cyber-protection.service.gov.uk/
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 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.

Eligibility requirements: Economic and financial standing will be assessed by use of a pre-qualification questionnaire.
Technical and/or professional capacity will be assessed by use of a pre-qualification questionnaire.

Award value: 1