Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-03
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes - Artillery Systems Programme
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35322300
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-11-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Towed artillery. Towed Artillery: Artillery Systems Project Team requires 150 x Muzzle Velocity Radar (MVR) units to be built and delivered. They will need to be integrated successfully with the Linaps system situated on the L118 Light Gun. A period of 3 years logistic support will also be required following delivery.
The proposed Contract is for the purchase of 150 Muzzle Velocity Radar (MVR). Support is required until for 3 years following delivery.
The initial contract will be for the procurement, integration and test of 6 Muzzle Velocity Radars. Options will be included for the procurement and integration of a further 144 Muzzle Velocity Radars and 3 years of support.
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 a 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 or 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.
(a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years of the economic operator, of:
(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.
The Authority will require a copy of your most recent 2 years of audited accounts or equivalent information.
(b) a list of works carried out over the past 5 years together with (unless the Contracting Authority specifies that the following certificate should be submitted direct to the Contracting Authority by the person certifying) certificates of satisfactory completion for the most important of those works indicating in each case:

Eligibility requirements: (a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (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. The Authority will require a copy of your most recent 2 years of audited accounts or equivalent information.
(b) a list of works carried out over the past 5 years together with (unless the Contracting Authority specifies that the following certificate should be submitted direct to the Contracting Authority by the person certifying) certificates of satisfactory completion for the most important of those works indicating in each case: (i)the value of the consideration received; (ii)when and where the work or works were carried out; and (iii)specifying whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed (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; (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 (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. Bidders should complete the accompanying PQQ. Given the specific technical skills and knowledge required to fulfill this requirement, questionnaires that receive a total score of below 50 % for Form 2 Part F will not be invited to tender. To score 50 % or above on Form 2 Part F of the PQQ. If any question is failed, then the Bidder will not be invited to tender.
(b) a list of works carried out over the past 5 years together with (unless the Contracting Authority specifies that the following certificate should be submitted direct to the Contracting Authority by the person certifying) certificates of satisfactory completion for the most important of those works indicating in each case: (i)the value of the consideration received; (ii)when and where the work or works were carried out; and (iii)specifying whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed (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; (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 (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. Bidders should complete the accompanying PQQ. Given the specific technical skills and knowledge required to fulfill this requirement, questionnaires that receive a total score of below 50 % for Form 2 Part F will not be invited to tender.
To score 50 % or above on Form 2 Part F of the PQQ. If any question is failed, then the Bidder will not be invited to tender.