Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-11-16
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Support Programmes (OSP)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 34000000 | 50111000: Fleet management and maintenance services | 50111100 | 50111110

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Defence has outlined a requirement for a replacement Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) service from June 2024 to 2030. This service will form an integral part of the MDL25 logistics programme and in due course MDL25 will provide the next generation of land materiel lift, bulk liquids and equipment transport deployable capability.
The HET fleet is primarily used in the transportation of heavy (tracked and wheeled) military vehicles between military locations both in the UK and overseas. The HET Fleet is also used to provide heavy lift capability while on deployed Exercises and Operations.
As part of the ongoing options analysis, the Authority is seeking further information from industry in support of developing its acquisition strategy. Specifically, the authority seeks information from industry for the following reasons:
(i) establish industry's perspective on the development and incorporation of technology in the heavy equipment transportation market;
The Authority is presenting an open invitation to industry to participate in a Request For Information (RFI) exercise in relation to the outlined MDL25 requirement. The RFI consists of a survey to assist the Authority in the understanding of industry capabilities with reference to current and planned technological developments. The information is required as inputs to concept studies that are taking place to inform the Materiel Distribution Land 2025 (MDL25) Programme. These studies will ultimately support the development of the HET requirements and inform the strategy that will be implemented to acquire the solution.
This exercise is a request for information only and engagement will not at any point be used to directly or indirectly enter a contract agreement for delivering MDL25.
The Survey responses will be evaluated in a non-competitive manner, purely as a data gathering exercise and to measure confidence that the capability can be delivered from industry.
Questions contained within the survey will not indicate/note any requirements for the project and responses will be requested to show supporting evidence where necessary.
The Request for Information exercise will not represent a commitment by the authority to launch any formal procurement procedure, nor does it indicate that the authority has decided on its procurement options for this requirement.
Furthermore, any participation in the Request for Information exercise does not guarantee that you will be invited to participate in any future tender exercise.
Should the authority run a competition for this requirement, then participants will be selected via the normal routes (e.g. Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ)). The Request for Information exercise forms part of our engagement with industry relating to this requirement.
In order to register your interest to partake in the MDL25 RFI exercise, or ask questions regarding the survey, industry is requested to register by e-mailing DESLELCA-MDL25@mod.gov.uk. All completed questionnaires should be returned to: DESLELCA-MDL25@mod.gov.uk no later than 12.00 Friday 4 December 2020.
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 GO Reference: GO-20201111-DCB-17356668