Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-19
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Dismounted Close Combat (DCC)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
Estimated value: 450000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-09-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts. The project covers the procurement of a shotgun with options to increase the shotgun capability and purchase further ammunition in the future, if needed. The shotgun must be capable of being used as a breaching device with one barrel and should be capable of changing its barrel in order to be accurate to a range of 100 metres. The shotgun will be bought initially as a breaching device with scope to add in additional capability at long range in the future dependent on need. It must be capable of firing a range of ammunition, (capable of accepting standard 3 inch shell length ammunition) and must be capable of holding at least 8 rounds and must be semi-automatic with adjustable gas.
The contract is for the initial procurement of 100 breaching shotguns that are fit for purpose, and safe and suitable for service to be delivered by March 2019. It will also cover the purchasing of technical publications (in AESPS format), a training T3 package, as well as an initial spares pack for agility in repairs and support during the training period.The contract will also include a provision for engineering support on a tasking Pro-Forma basis for the 3 years following delivery.
The contract will also include options to extend and purchase additional weapons including the longer range capability and additional spares and support.
Bidders will need to provide 10 weapons for user trials alongside their tender. Trials will test the full capability of the shotgun. Tenderers will be given a nominal contribution towards the cost of weapons but it is expected the majority of trial weapons will be returned to bidders.
Suppliers will be down selected from the PQQ to 6 operators who will be invited to tender. Following the phase 1 paper based evaluation, 3 bidders will be taken through to phase 2 user trials. The phase 1 evaluation is expected to be concluded in early January 2018 and it is essential that bidders selected to participate in phase 2 trials will have the weapons available in the UK for the trials by the end of February 2018. Failure to make the weapons available in time for the phase 2 trials will result in the bidder being excluded from further participation in the competition.
A separate competition will be run with Defence General Munitions (DGM) for the ammunition required for the Shotgun system.
Initial procurement of 100 and options for further weapons to be procured over subsequent years of the contract.
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.
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