Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-03
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35512400
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-05-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Unmanned underwater vehicles. To replace the existing contract for the provision and support of the Seafox Mine Disposal System (MDS). On expiry, through competition, and place a new contract to satisfy the Authority’s requirements for an asset availability service of Seafox MDS for a duration of up to 5 years.
The underwater electronic warfare delivery team which forms part of maritime combat systems within defence equipment and support is considering negotiating a contract for the provision and support of the Seafox Mine Disposal System (MDS).
The Authority is currently contracted with a single Contractor to fulfil the enduring support solution for the Seafox MDS in both the UK and in support of operations overseas.
The strategy is to replace the existing contract on expiry, through competition, and place a new contract to satisfy the Authority’s requirements for an asset availability serviceof Seafox MDS for a duration of up to 5 years. Support of the Seafox capability requires a licence from Atlas Elektronik GmbH, who are the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for Seafox MDS to undertake the full scope of work within the UK. Potential tenders must demonstrate that they will hold the relevant licence, issued from the OEM for the unrestricted use for the full duration of the contracting period.
The requirement under UEW/016 is for an asset availability service style contract for the in-service support of Seafox MDS. The Seafox MDS includes:
(c) munitions storage – supply chain, storage, disposal, maintenance and transport movement within the UK;
The contractor may identify opportunities to implement technical/capability improvements to the Seafox MDS. This may include improvements to the operation of the Seafox capability, serviceability and interoperability with other nations’ Equipments (Seafox MDS). Tenders may identify opportunities for improvments to the Seafox MDS as part of their proposals.
The contract duration shall be for 2-years with the option to extend in 1-year increments up to a maximum of 5-years. The expected total value of this requirement, including options and supply chain activity is 25 000 000 GBP excluding VAT.
Contractors interested in this requirement should complete the Dynamic Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire (DPQQ) linked to this advertisement.
A maximum of 6 suppliers will be invited to tender, these shall be those suppliers who have provided the 6 highest scoring compliant DPQQs.
Following an initial tender evaluation, the 3 highest scoring tenders will be invited to negotiate. Tenders will then be requested to revise and confirm their proposals to address issues discussed at negotiation. Full details of the tender evaluation will be issued with the ITN.
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The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 31.5.2019 12:00 BST. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.

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. Further information found in DPQQ Guidance Document.
Further information found in DPQQ Guidance Document.
(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; (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. (h) the environmental management measures, that the economic operator is able to apply when performing the contract, but only where it is necessary for the performance of that 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; (l) certification by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence, attesting that the goods to be purchased or hired under the contract conform to standards and technical specifications (within the meaning of regulation 12(1)) identified by the Contracting Authority; (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). Further information found in DPQQ Guidance Document.