Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-08
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35330000: Ammunition | 35331500
Estimated value: 400000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-10-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Authority has the potential requirement to procure a Cartridge Signal 40 mm Buoyant Smoke Orange. The solution must deliver an orange smoke effect which is buoyant for a period of at least 20 seconds which can be fired from the Pistol Pyrotechnic 1.5 inch, No.4, Mk 1/1; DMC PYRO, NSN 1095-99-960-8506
The procurement will include but not limited to Operational and Training ammunition. Table 1 shows the firm and banded costed options required,
Evidence that the solution can meet the MOD Insensitive Munitions policy and shall be safe and suitable for transportation in all current in service tracked; wheeled; aircraft and maritime craft platform must be supplied.
You are required to complete an online Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, which will be measured against selected criteria in terms of Commercial and Technical requirements.
The technical requirements will be base-lined against the User and System Requirement Document and will include questions regarding: Battlefield Effect; Terminal Effect; Climatic and Environment; Munition Sensitivity; System and Design Safety; Interoperability; Human Factors; Deployability; Training; Sustainment; Policy and Legal; Capability Resilience and Reliability.
The weighting will be released within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to denote Key User Requirements:
When scoring each question, the official scoring matrix as set out by MOD Commercial Policy will be used. The options as mandated by MOD Commercial Policy are as follows:
Pass / Fail — If a ‘Fail’ score is given then this will result in the supplier failing the whole PQQ.
Evidence will be required to demonstrate the ammunition can meet the Authorities requirements set. Any additional trials the Authority require to be undertaken will require sample ammunition at the contractor's cost.
On award of the contract, the supplying contractor will be responsible for obtaining full qualification, and maintenance of this qualification, through the duration of the Contract to the Authorities requirements. This includes but is not limited to MOD Safety and Suitability for Service (S3) trials to assess the ammunition suitability with regard to Manufacturer to Disposal sequence (MOD may terminate the Contract if any safety concerns become apparent) Any resultant munitions procured as a result of this expression of interest will be subject to the relevant Quality Assurance Standards.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
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The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 1.10.2016 23:55. 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.
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