Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-22
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Region: Telford and Wrekin
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35110000: Fire-fighting and safety equipment
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment. The Authority has a potential requirement to place a one year enabling contract for the In-Service Support of Fire & Rescue Crash Equipment in line with manufacturers recommendations to maintain this capability. The following NSN's are applicable :-.
The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature to the contract during its lifetime.
The Authority has a potential requirement to place a one year enabling contract for the In-Service Support of Fire & Rescue Crash Equipment in line with manufacturers recommendations to maintain this capability.There will be also the provision for three one year options should this be required and subject to satisfactory supplier performance. At present the possible future requirement covers, but is not limited to, the In-Service Support of LUKAS rescue, LAMPE lifting and LQS stabilisation kits which includes service, certification, spares inclusive repair, collection and delivery of the equipment throughout the UK and utilising Purple Gate supply system for overseas units. There are no spares either kit or component parts held in the MoD supply system. The Servicing and Certification of the equipment is carried out yearly and normally follows an agreed schedule which avoids peak flying times and extreme weather which is when the risk of crash situations is at its greatest.
QA standards or equivalent: The Contractor shall hold and maintain a certification to ISO 9001:2008 or equivalent quality accreditation to a correct scope relevant to this requirement.
The Contractor shall be responsible for the procurement of all replacement parts and they shall meet or exceed the OEM specification and shall be purchased from an approved supplier. Certificates of Conformity (COC) shall be obtained for all parts which have not been sourced from the OEM.
Expressions of Interest will be via the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) linked to this Contract Notice. Only those expressions of interest that fully meet the above criteria and DPQQ shall be considered for Invitation to Tender.
No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract, indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this Contract Notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this place only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
Babcock DSG acting on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence has a potential requirement to place a 1 Year Framework Agreement with the possibility of a further 3 x 1 Year Options.
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 contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.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 documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions 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 link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk