Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-01
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 80000000
Estimated value: 7900000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-10-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Education and training services. Provision of training services to support the delivery of air and space power at RAF Cranwell and RAF Halton. The contract duration will be 5 core years plus 2 x 1-year options and the proposed Contract start date is 1.4.2020 for the winning contractor to commence modular design preparation work ready to commence delivery at RAF Cranwell and RAF Halton from the 1.9.2020.
All RAF personnel must receive a solid grounding in air and space power and their application in a military context. This requirement will require suitably qualified and experienced trainers, who are competent in the use of modern technologically enhanced learning methods and possess a range of facilitation skills, all of which are designed to create the optimum learning environment. The academic support services required will therefore include:
— development and maintenance of lesson plans and supporting material on the Virtual Learning Environment,
— production and delivery of formative and summative assessments, and; organisation of coaching/developmental activities to maximise individual performance.
The contractor is to design and deliver 9 standalone air and space power modules that can be independently accessed by remote students.
— the off payroll rules (Intermediaries Legislation — IR35) for working in the public sector are in place to ensure that where a worker would have been an employee if they were providing their services directly, they are broadly paying the same tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) as an employee,
— the authority has decided that the provision of this service is out of scope of this legislation, for this particular requirement.
The authority will use the DPQQ response to create a shortlist of tenders who are eligible to participate; fulfill any minimum economic, financial, professional and technical standards and best meet in terms of capacity and capability the selection criteria set out in this DPQQ. Full details of the method of choosing the tenders are set out in the DPQQ. It is the intention to down select to between approximately 2 and 6 highest scoring suppliers who will be invited to tender, providing they meet the overall percentage pass mark of 60 %, do not score any lower than 2 points for any of the questions and receive a pass in any pass/fail questions within the DPQQ. If the supplier scores below 2 in any of the questions or receives a fail in a pass/fail question then they will automatically fail the evaluation and will not be invited to participate any further.
The estimated annual contract value is 1 100 000 GBP. If the estimated annual contract value is greater than 40 % of the supplier’s turnover, the Authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the Authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, for example, such evidence may include:
1) Any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and
2) Stating if the supplier is willing to provide the authority with an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond.
A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier’s financial status. An overall pass/fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the parent company, where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation may be utilised as part of this process.
Please provide at least 2 years audited accounts (if available) or equivalent information, that will be used as part of the DPQQ Economic and Financial Standing evaluation.
Potential suppliers must note the mandatory requirement for electronic trading using the Contracting, purchasing and finance (CP&F) electronic procurement tool. All payments for contractor deliverables under the contract shall only be made via CP&F. You can find details on CP&F at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-contracting-purchasing-and-finance-e-procurement-system
Please be advised that TUPE applies to this requirement, which is currently undertaken by University of Portsmouth. TUPE employee information will be provided at ITT stage.


Award value: 7900000