Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-13
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Information Systems and Services, BATCIS Delivery Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71340000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Integrated engineering services. Morpheus is a 3 200 000 000 GBP programme delivering the next generation of Land environment tactical communications and information systems (TacCIS) to the army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The objective of Morpheus is to provide a single information environment through a fully integrated operational information system which is seamless from the barracks, headquarters to the individual soldier, and based on an open, delaminated architecture. The MOD will be the design authority with the ability to procure system elements in a modular fashion via a disaggregated supply chain. This will give the authority greater flexibility to evolve the system in line with changes in technology, policy and the operational environment.
To realise the new Morpheus capability, the authority requires a Systems integrator (SI) to lead on the design and integration of the Morpheus products and services for applications, infrastructures and networks. The full SI statement of requirement will be released at the ITN stage but within the Morpheus future operating model (FOM), the SI is expected to work collaboratively with the rest of the FOM and is likely to have the following key roles and responsibilities:
(a) develop, control and direct the Operational service management (OSM) process and provide the OSM focal point for users;
(b) develop detailed technical designs, in conjunction with Managed service providers (MSPs), to evolve and adapt the system architecture and baselines in response to capability roadmaps, technology innovation, emerging user needs, system threats and/or system obsolescence;
(c) manage the end-to-end process from Morpheus system design through change implementation to fielding;
(d) provide sub-system requirements, technical product specifications and statements of work to MSPs and manage MSP progress and outputs;
(e) maintain and control the configuration of the Morpheus system architecture and technical baselines on behalf of the authority, ensuring on-going system openness;
(f) lead on all system integration activities, including planning, management and system acceptance testing, ensuring the upgrade and deployment of an operationally stable system that meets system availability requirements;
(h) support platform delivery teams through the provision of technical design assurance services to achieve certified platform designs.
Within the FOM the Morpheus SI will interact with the authority and several MSPs in a multivendor environment. The Morpheus SI will manage the system on behalf of the authority but be dependent upon the MSPs for the provision of system components, with the authority providing overarching strategic direction and governance to system development.
1) The OSM workstream maintains a reliable and secure system to the end user, in accordance with agreed service levels and requirements. The Morpheus SI is anticipated to conduct the following activities as part of the OSM workstream:
(b) establish and man a customer service desk to provide the primary point of contact between the service provider and the users;
(i) manage and maintain records of components used in the delivery of the end-to-end services, ensuring dependencies are managed;
(l) manage, sequence, monitor and where required, conduct regression of changes to all configuration items across the system;
(m) plan, schedule and control the build, test and deployment of releases (including patch management), whilst protecting the integrity of existing services;

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. (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. Three (3) years full (not abbreviated) accounts will be required as part of any DPQQ response.
The estimated average annual contract value for supply during the contract term is 39 000 000 GBP (ex VAT) 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, e.g. such evidence may include: 1) Any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and 2) State whether the supplier is willing to provide the authority with an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond. The authority will also examine the financial health of the immediate and ultimate parent of the potential provider where it is part of a group. When assessing the financial health of an organisation the authority will also take into consideration any auditors opinion, for example qualifications or emphasis of matter statements. The authority's opinion may be validated using credit agencies such as company watch. If examination of the financial information exposes the potential for a potential provider to experience financial difficulty in performing the contract, then the authority will determine the level of risk that it is willing to bear in fulfilling the requirement.
For the purposes of evaluating the financial standing of responses, the authority shall use the following criteria, which will be taken into account as part of the overall score. Pass: low financial risk to contract performance. Proceed with caution :passed on the basis that the required guarantees/information will be provided. Fail: high risk to contract performance. Should a potential provider be assessed as a fail score or proceed with caution score the authority reserves the right to exclude them from the competition making the potential provider ineligible to receive ITT documentation.
(a) in the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability; (c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 5 years, or during a shorter period if necessary, and: (i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; (ii) the consideration received; (iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided; (iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided; and (v) where: (a) that person was not a contracting authority; and (b) the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by the economic operator attesting the details of the goods sold or services provided. (d) a statement of the technicians or technical services available to the economic operator to: (i) carry out the work under the contract; or (ii) be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract, particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the economic operator. (e) a statement of the economic operator's: (i) technical facilities; (ii) measures for ensuring quality; (iii) study and research facilities; and (iv) internal rules regarding intellectual property. (g) in the case of works contracts, services contracts or supply contracts also covering siting and installation operations or services, the economic operator's educational and professional qualifications where the economic operator is an individual and: (i) if any, those of the economic operator's managerial staff; and (ii) those of one or more persons who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract. (j) a description of the tools, material, technical equipment, staff numbers, know-how and sources of supply (with an indication of their geographical location when it is outside the territory of the EU) available to the economic operator to perform the contract, cope with any additional needs required by the contracting authority as a result of a crisis or carry out the maintenance, modernisation or adaptation of the goods covered by the contract; (m) in the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required by the contracting authority; (n) a certificate: (i) attesting conformity to quality management systems standards based on the relevant European standard; and (ii) from an independent accredited body established in any member State conforming to the European standards concerning accreditation and certification. (o) any other evidence of conformity to quality management systems standards which are equivalent to the standards referred to in sub-paragraph (n)(i). The main contractor will be required to provide evidence of its ability to process, store and transmit classified information at secret by describing the required Facility Security Clearance (FSC) granted by its National or designated security authority.
The main contractor will be required to provide evidence of its sub-contractor's ability to process, store and transmit classified information at Secret by describing the required Facility Security Clearance (FSC) granted by its National or designated security authority.