Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-06-01
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
Estimated value:  GBP

Technical requirements: The Defence General Munitions (DGM) Team currently manage a number of contracts with different providers for the manufacture and supply of the General Munitions (GM) portfolio. The Team is responsible for ensuring that munitions are available, sustainable, safe and reliable for Operational & Training purposes. DE&S is reviewing its procurement strategy. Project ABEL was launched by the Weapons Operating Centre to determine the optimal DGM contracting landscape for all General Munitions from 2023 onwards.
An Industry Day will be held on 28th June to expose and seek feedback on concepts for competition and single source. It will allow existing and potential suppliers to contribute information to inform the Authority’s procurement strategy decisions.
Potential participants will be required to provide responses to four selection questions by the 15th June, each answer being a maximum of one A4 page. Following receipt of the responses the Authority will select the participants for the Industry Day on the 28th June.
DE&S will provide the selected attendees with a further set of questions that will be discussed at the Industry Day; where Industry will have an opportunity to ask questions in an open forum after which one-to-one sessions will be held to discuss the questions. DE&S will staff a room per question to allow for parallel one-to-one conversations; Industry circulating between the rooms in turn.
2) How do you perceive your Company’s role in an ABEL solution, (Prime, Sub-contractor, bidding for specific categories)?
3) If the ABEL solution does not contain any significant End to End logistics content would your company continue its interest in ABEL?
4) How does your company develop collaborative relationships in order to drive innovation and continuous improvement in its solutions? Please provide examples.
In issuing this PIN, DE&S is not committing to carry out any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this PIN. Non- participation in the Industry Day will not preclude any organisation from submitting a tender in any future competition.
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