Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 50630000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles. Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehicles. Babcock DSG working as an agent for the UK MOD has the potential requirement for the repair of various hydraulic assemblies as fitted to a number of different vehicle fleets over a 2 year contract. NSN's included but not limited to:
The Authority has the potential requirement to place a two year framework agreement for the repair of various hydraulic assemblies. There will also be the provision for two one year options should this be required and subject to satisfactory supplier performance. The NSN's covered on this contract are used on a number of vehicles including, but not limited to, Titan and Trojan. This requirement will ensure sufficient repairable hydraulic assemblies are available to support the front line command for a number of platforms.
The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature during the lifetime of the contract.
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 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 No compensation etc will be paid if a tender or resulting Framework Agreement is withdrawn for any reason.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 process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Authority. The Authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
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 the Security Aspects Letter, the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter 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 otherwise.
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
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Eligibility requirements: The requirement as stated in the Dynamic Pre Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) shall prevail. The requirement as stated in the Dynamic Pre Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) shall prevail.
The requirement as stated in the Dynamic Pre Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) shall prevail.