Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-12
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Submarines, In-Service Submarines (ISM) Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 18930000 | 18936000 | 35512000: Submarines | 39525000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-09-17
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Submarines, sacks and bags, textile bags, miscellaneous manufactured textile articles. A 1-year contract to design and produce 36 (thirty six) rationalised emergency life support supplies (ELSS) pod receiving bags.
The Department is seeking to procure, under competition, the manufacture of 36 rationalised emergency life support supplies (ELSS) pod receiving bags (PRB’s). PRBs are bags which are used to take pods containing ELLS supplies to a disabled submarines. A detailed statement of technical requirement will be provided to potential suppliers to form a new, rationalised design for PRBs on behalf of the Department.
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 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.
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.
Questions relating to the personal situation of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade register are covered in the DPQQ section 2. Part 1: Form B — Grounds for mandatory rejection.
(a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.
(c) Where appropriate, a statement, covering the three 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.
Further information relating to formalities necessary for evaluating the requirement can be found in the DPQQ — 4. Part 1. Form D. The estimated annual contract value is GBP 85 000. If the estimated annual contract value is greater than 40 % of the supplier’s turnover, the authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the Authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, for example such evidence may include:

Eligibility requirements: (a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established. (c) Where appropriate, a statement, covering the three 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. Further information relating to formalities necessary for evaluating the requirement can be found in the DPQQ — 4. Part 1. Form D. The estimated annual contract value is GBP 85 000. If the estimated annual contract value is greater than 40 % of the supplier’s turnover, the authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the Authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, for example such evidence may include: 1) any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and 2) stating whether the supplier is willing to provide the authority with an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond. A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier’s financial status. An overall pass/fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the parent company where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation may be utilised as part of this process.
Please see guidance within DPQQ.
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(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. (e) A statement of the economic operator's: (i) technical facilities; (ii) measures for ensuring quality; (iii) study and research facilities; and (iv) internal rules regarding intellectual property. (f) A check carried out by the contracting authority or on its behalf by a competent official body of the member state in which the economic operator is established: (i) on the technical capacity of the economic operator; and (ii) if relevant, on the economic operator's study and research facilities and quality control measures. (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. (m) In the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required 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. (o) any other evidence of conformity to quality management systems standards which are equivalent to the standards referred to in subparagraph (n)(i). Details of the formalities of the evaluation criteria relating to technical and/or professional capacity is covered in the DPQQ. This may lead to some duplication of questions within the contract notice and the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (DPQQ). Please see guidance and requirements within questions in the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (DPQQ).
(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. (e) A statement of the economic operator's: (i) technical facilities; (ii) measures for ensuring quality; (iii) study and research facilities; and (iv) internal rules regarding intellectual property. (f) A check carried out by the contracting authority or on its behalf by a competent official body of the member state in which the economic operator is established: (i) on the technical capacity of the economic operator; and (ii) if relevant, on the economic operator's study and research facilities and quality control measures. (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. (m) In the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required 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. (o) any other evidence of conformity to quality management systems standards which are equivalent to the standards referred to in subparagraph (n)(i). Details of the formalities of the evaluation criteria relating to technical and/or professional capacity is covered in the DPQQ. This may lead to some duplication of questions within the contract notice and the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (DPQQ).
Please see guidance and requirements within questions in the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (DPQQ).