Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2016-02-25
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Support Programmes (OSP)
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35410000: Armoured military vehicles | 50630000
Submission deadline: 2016-03-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contract Notice and DPQQ information have conflicting statements regarding the estimated upper Contract value limit. The Contract Notice takes precedence and the upper limit is 2 000 000 000 GBP: Range between: 170 000 000 and 2 000 000 000.
Assessment phase trials (defined in the ITN documentation) will be used to provide quantitative evidence against certain compliance statements made within your bids. Your proposed platforms must be available by around December 2016 for a minimum period of 3 months and the Authority intends to purchase and blast test one representative vehicle. The UK Armed Forces specific mission equipment will not be required to be integrated at this time, however the vehicle's ability to accommodate UK Armed Forces specific mission equipment will be assessed. Performance at these trials will be reflected in your bid scores.
Due to the nature of this project it is not assessed as suitable in its entirety for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), however opportunities may exist at the sub-contracting level, and the Authority will publish in the Defence Contracts Online a Contract Bidders Notice listing the details of those companies being issued an ITN.
Suppliers interested in working with the UK Ministry of Defence should register on the MOS Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence Procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations.
Please note that registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD Contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.
From April 2014 the government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is a reduction in the number of Security Classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
The Authority reserves the right to amend and condition related to the 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. Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect the 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.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on http://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta. You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.
Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: 99N9N337GB. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.
The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 13.3.2016 23:59. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing — support@contracts.mod.uk or call 0800 282 324. GO Reference: GO-2016223-DCB-7798896.
The Contract Notice and DPQQ information have conflicting statements regarding the estimated upper Contract value limit. The Contract Notice takes precedence and the upper limit is 2 000 000 000 GBP: Range between: 170 000 000 and 2 000 000 000.
Assessment phase trials (defined in the ITN documentation) will be used to provide quantitative evidence against certain compliance statements made within your bids. Your proposed platforms must be available by around December 2016 for a minimum period of 3 months and the Authority intends to purchase and blast test one representative vehicle. The UK Armed Forces specific mission equipment will not be required to be integrated at this time, however the vehicle's ability to accommodate UK Armed Forces specific mission equipment will be assessed. Performance at these trials will be reflected in your bid scores.