Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-03
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 42965100 | 45213200 | 60000000 | 63120000 | 63122000
Estimated value: 20 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-11-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Storage and warehousing services. Warehouse management system. Construction work for warehouses and industrial buildings. Transport services (excl. Waste transport). Defence services. Warehousing services. Freight transport agency services. Warehousing and Distribution at Portsmouth (Estimated value: Category C: 20M GBP to 100M GBP), as part of the Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP), comprising the following services:
The Authority may determine that an optimised warehousing service will entail some or all of the following requirements: substantial renovation and/or refurbishment of some current facilities, the construction of new facilities, or provision of a customs warehouse, any or all of which could demand significant capital investment. The estimated Contract value(s) cited in this Contract Notice reflect these possibilities. Note, however, that none of these are quaranteed.
Initial contract duration is up to 5 years. An Options will allow extension by 2 additional years, and a further Option will allow extension by a further 1 year.
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 Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP) will underpin the success of the Royal Navy (RN) in supporting the Royal Navy’s Complex Warships, Submarines and Naval Bases, by providing all:
The FMSP is a programme of work that will succeed and improve upon the MSDF contracts currently in place, commencing on 1.4.2020. FMSP will deliver additional transformational change, cost reductions, nd an improved service for the RN.
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 has engaged Commerce Decisions Limited to run the Competition Site (AWARD®) to support the PQQ process. The Competition Site is available as an internet-based portal, providing access to relevant information controlled via login and permissions.
Operating instructions for the Competition Site are available on the Competition Site once login and permissions are issued. Potential Provider Entries must have self-registered on the Competition Site, through the open registration process to access the PQQ documents.
Potential Providers are invited to express their interest in this procurement by 12:00 noon on 30.11.2018, through the submission of a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) including execution of a Competition Process Agreement. To express an interest by responding to the PQQ, interested Potential Providers are to register at the following URL / web address; https://award.bravosolution.co.uk/fmss/web/project/115/register
An “AWARD® 6 Supplier's Quick Start — Self Registration” user guide is provided with this Contract Notice to guide Potential Suppliers through the process of self-registration. Full AWARD® Software operating instructions are available within the tool once login and permissions are issued. Should any Potential Providers have difficulties accessing the FMSP AWARD® site, please contact the Authority’s AWARD® Helpdesk, by calling +44 (0)30 679 83142 or emailing DBS-Proc-AwardHelpDesk@mod.gov.uk quoting the FMSP PQQ to which you are responding.
The Authority will evaluate PQQ responses to arrive at a shortlist of Five (5) qualified Potential Providers to proceed to the next phase of competition, provided that there are sufficient Potential Providers who meet the minimum eligibility for each question.

Eligibility requirements: See Pre-Qualification Questionairre

Award value: 20