Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-04
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Marine Systems Support (MSS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 50511000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-02-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Repair and maintenance services of pumps. The Marine System Support (MSS) Team, which is part of the Ships Operating Centre within Defence Equipment and Support, provides global support to Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and submarines and other partnering nations. MSS is looking for a supplier(s) to provide an availability solution for sea water systems equipment for up to 7 (seven) years. There is a possibility that during the life of the proposed contract that the size of HM Naval fleet may increase or decrease. The support contract will take the form of an Asset Availability Service (AAS) arrangement.
The contract will be awarded in accordance with the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 as applicable.
Interested bidders are invited to provide a response to the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) for this requirement.
The requirement is to provide a managed support solution service to the fleet including, but not limited to, the following activities:
Equipment and spares availability with global reach in respect of the in-fleet Sea Water Systems Master Equipment's, through procurement, repair, manufacture, overhaul and post design services, including, but not limited to:
The Marine System Support (MSS) Team, which is part of the Ships Operating Centre within Defence Equipment and Support, provides global support to Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and submarines and other partnering nations. MSS is looking for a supplier(s) to provide an availability solution for sea water systems equipment for up to 7 (seven) years. There is a possibility that during the life of the proposed contract that the size of HM Naval fleet may increase or decrease. The support contract will take the form of an Asset Availability Service (AAS) arrangement.
The contract will be awarded in accordance with the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 as applicable.
Interested bidders are invited to provide a response to the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) for this requirement.
The requirement is to provide a managed support solution service to the fleet including, but not limited to, the following activities:
Equipment and spares availability with global reach in respect of the In-Fleet Sea Water Systems Master Equipment's, through procurement, repair, manufacture, overhaul and post design services, including, but not limited to:
The tenderer may be required to provide additional support for future Royal Navy ships and submarines not included within the core scope of work. Support for such additional platforms will be included within the tender as a priced option. Further information will be contained within the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN).
Payment will follow delivery and acceptance of the goods or services via the Authority’s Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) tool.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Authority. The Authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
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 or tender documents are accompanied by a Security Aspects Letter, the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter 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 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: (a) appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years of the economic operator, of: (i) the overall turnover of the business of the economic operator; and (ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract. This information will be sought through evaluation of responses to the attached Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
This information will be sought through evaluation of responses to the attached Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
This information will be sought through evaluation of responses to the attached Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. This information will be sought through evaluation of responses to the attached Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.