Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-02
Buyer: Leidos Supply, Ltd
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 38500000
Estimated value: 600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The requirement is for the provision of a call-off contract to enable items of medical equipment to be assessed that they are safe to use on-board military aircraft and that it conforms to airworthiness and safety requirements, Electromagnetic Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) & Environmental Testing, along with an assessment of compliance against the ‘Generic Specification for Special Purpose Aeromedical Equipment’, which will be provided by Leidos. The provider of the service hereafter known as the ‘Commodity Supplier’ will deliver written reports to provide documentary evidence to Air Platform Teams and Release to Service Authority (RTSA's).
Before accepting a tender, Leidos Supply Ltd may require that a guarantee of due performance is provided.
Payment electronically via Sage within 30 days upon receipt of compliant invoice containing PO number and evidence of 3 way match. Supplier must be willing to set up a Sage account to allow Leidos to make payment.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with Leidos Supply Ltd. Leidos Supply Ltd shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
Leidos Supply Ltd will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2015) 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/
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. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid.
(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) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
The Potential Provider's (individual companies or members of potential alliances) financial ability to meet this requirement will be assessed on a risk basis and the Potential Provider's accounts will be evaluated by Leidos Supply Ltd. Factors that will be taken into consideration when evaluating the accounts include:
Leidos Supply Ltd will also examine the financial health of any holding company or subsidiary of the Potential Provider, where it is part of a group.
When assessing the financial health of an organisation Leidos Supply Ltd will also take into consideration any Auditor's opinion, for example Qualifications of Emphasis of Matter Statements.
Leidos Supply Ltd's opinion may be validated using financial credit agencies such as Company Watch and Dunn and Bradstreet.

Eligibility requirements: Leidos Supply Ltd will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2015) 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. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid. (a) Appropriate statements 6 / 11 from banks 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) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Full details of the information required will be provided in the Invitation to Tender (ITT). The Potential Provider's (individual companies or members of potential alliances) financial ability to meet this requirement will be assessed on a risk basis and the Potential Provider's accounts will be evaluated by Leidos Supply Ltd. Factors that will be taken into consideration when evaluating the accounts include: Turnover; Profitability; Liquidity and Working Capital; Debt and Cash Flow. Leidos Supply Ltd will also examine the financial health of any holding company or subsidiary of the Potential Provider, where it is part of a group. When assessing the financial health of an organisation Leidos Supply Ltd will also take into consideration any Auditor's opinion, for example Qualifications of Emphasis of Matter Statements. Leidos Supply Ltd's opinion may be validated using financial credit agencies such as Company Watch and Dunn and Bradstreet. If examination of the financial accounts exposes the potential for a Potential Provider to experience financial difficulty in performing the contract, then Leidos Supply Ltd will determine the level of risk that it is willing to bear in fulfilling the requirement. Evaluation of the accounts will attract an acceptable or unacceptable risk marking. A non-acceptable risk marking will constitute a fail and no contract will be awarded. Please see ITT documents. Evidence of the capability to supply products to a high level of quality and service. Evidence required of a systematic and professional approach to Management and Delivery of product range. ISO 9001:2008 certification by a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited body. Potential Providers who do not supply evidence of certification, or who do not provide support from a UKAS recognised 3rd party certification body, that they are working toward an ISO 9001:2008 within 6 months of Contract Award, will not be awarded a contract.
(a) Appropriate statements 6 / 11 from banks 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) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Full details of the information required will be provided in the Invitation to Tender (ITT). The Potential Provider's (individual companies or members of potential alliances) financial ability to meet this requirement will be assessed on a risk basis and the Potential Provider's accounts will be evaluated by Leidos Supply Ltd. Factors that will be taken into consideration when evaluating the accounts include: Turnover; Profitability; Liquidity and Working Capital; Debt and Cash Flow. Leidos Supply Ltd will also examine the financial health of any holding company or subsidiary of the Potential Provider, where it is part of a group. When assessing the financial health of an organisation Leidos Supply Ltd will also take into consideration any Auditor's opinion, for example Qualifications of Emphasis of Matter Statements. Leidos Supply Ltd's opinion may be validated using financial credit agencies such as Company Watch and Dunn and Bradstreet. If examination of the financial accounts exposes the potential for a Potential Provider to experience financial difficulty in performing the contract, then Leidos Supply Ltd will determine the level of risk that it is willing to bear in fulfilling the requirement. Evaluation of the accounts will attract an acceptable or unacceptable risk marking. A non-acceptable risk marking will constitute a fail and no contract will be awarded.
(a) Appropriate statements 6 / 11 from banks 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) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Full details of the information required will be provided in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
The Potential Provider's (individual companies or members of potential alliances) financial ability to meet this requirement will be assessed on a risk basis and the Potential Provider's accounts will be evaluated by Leidos Supply Ltd. Factors that will be taken into consideration when evaluating the accounts include: Turnover; Profitability; Liquidity and Working Capital; Debt and Cash Flow. Leidos Supply Ltd will also examine the financial health of any holding company or subsidiary of the Potential Provider, where it is part of a group. When assessing the financial health of an organisation Leidos Supply Ltd will also take into consideration any Auditor's opinion, for example Qualifications of Emphasis of Matter Statements. Leidos Supply Ltd's opinion may be validated using financial credit agencies such as Company Watch and Dunn and Bradstreet. If examination of the financial accounts exposes the potential for a Potential Provider to experience financial difficulty in performing the contract, then Leidos Supply Ltd will determine the level of risk that it is willing to bear in fulfilling the requirement. Evaluation of the accounts will attract an acceptable or unacceptable risk marking. A non-acceptable risk marking will constitute a fail and no contract will be awarded.
Please see ITT documents. Evidence of the capability to supply products to a high level of quality and service. Evidence required of a systematic and professional approach to Management and Delivery of product range. ISO 9001:2008 certification by a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited body. Potential Providers who do not supply evidence of certification, or who do not provide support from a UKAS recognised 3rd party certification body, that they are working toward an ISO 9001:2008 within 6 months of Contract Award, will not be awarded a contract.
Please see ITT documents.
Evidence of the capability to supply products to a high level of quality and service. Evidence required of a systematic and professional approach to Management and Delivery of product range. ISO 9001:2008 certification by a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited body. Potential Providers who do not supply evidence of certification, or who do not provide support from a UKAS recognised 3rd party certification body, that they are working toward an ISO 9001:2008 within 6 months of Contract Award, will not be awarded a contract.