Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-06-01
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
Country: UK
Region: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Contract type: Combined
CPV classification: 79620000
Estimated value: 1 GBP

Technical requirements: The UK MOD's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is notifying the market of a potential forthcoming procurement to appoint a Commercial Resourcing Solution partner to provide personnel resources to work within the business across a range of different commercial delivery experiences and expertise.
The requirement is 2-fold: a key provider of professional commercial staff as well as process improvement expertise and experience. This is expressly not limited to those with defence sector experience as other market sectors may well have value to offer to us.
A pre-procurement market engagement session with interested parties will be held on 10 June at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham. The primary purpose of this event is to outline the current DE&S situation, the intended requirement and procurement and project time-scales. The event is aimed at any interested party. We envisage that the event will be interactive with discussion invited from attendees on how to shape the requirement further in order to achieve best value and potential incentivisation mechanisms to drive the positive behaviours needed to deliver the requirement in the most effective and efficient manner through the life of a contract. There may also be the possibility of a follow up questionnaire in order to explore industry views further. It is also envisaged that there will be the opportunity after the main event for industry to engage with senior commercial personnel in DE&S on a ‘1-to-1’ basis.
Numbers for the event will be limited initially to 2 attendees per company. Those interesting in attending are invited to respond by email to the point of contact with the following information by Monday, 12:00 on 6 June:
Please note that no expenses will be paid for attendance at the industry day and any discussions remain subject to contract and without commitment to placing a contract.
The UK MOD's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is notifying the market of a potential forthcoming procurement to appoint a Commercial Resourcing Solution partner to provide personnel resources to work within the business across a range of different commercial delivery experiences and expertise.
DE&S performs a vital, bespoke and challenging role in support of national security: it equips and supports the UK's Armed Forces for operations now and in the future. In procuring new military equipment, commodities and services, supporting in-service equipment through-life and managing global logistics operations, DE&S is responsible for delivering some of the most complex products and services in the world which covers around 14 000 000 000 GBP per annum of the MOD's total third party spend with industry. The bulk of the workforce however, is located on several main operating sites, with over half based at the main acquisition hub at Abbey Wood, Bristol.
DE&S envisage that the requirement for the Commercial Resourcing Solution is 2-fold; they will be a key provider of professional commercial staff as well as process improvement expertise and experience. This is expressly not limited to those with defence sector experience as experience and knowledge in other market sectors may well have value to offer to us.
A pre-procurement market engagement session with interested parties will be held on 10 June at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham. The primary purpose of this event is to outline the current DE&S situation, the intended requirement and procurement and project time-scales. The event is aimed at any interested party. We envisage that the event will be interactive with discussion invited from attendees on how to shape the requirement further in order to achieve best value and potential incentivisation mechanisms to drive the positive behaviours needed to deliver the requirement in the most effective and efficient manner through the life of a contract. There may also be the possibility of a follow up questionnaire in order to explore industry views further. It is also envisaged that there will be the opportunity after the main event for industry to engage with senior commercial personnel in DE&S on a ‘1-to-1’ basis.
Numbers for the event will be limited initially to 2 attendees per company. Those interesting in attending are invited to respond by email to the point of contact with the following information by Monday, 12:00 on 6 June:
Please note that no expenses will be paid for attendance at the industry day and any discussions remain subject to contract and without commitment to placing a contract.
From 2.4.2014, the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
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.
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 GO Reference: GO-2016527-DCB-8275151.


Award value: 1