Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-07
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Protected Mobility Vehicle Programme
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35420000: Parts of military vehicles
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-03
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Parts of military vehicles. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, Protected Mobility Vehicle Portfolio (PMVP), hereafter known as the Authority, has a potential requirement for the supply of automotive spares for the following Platforms: Foxhound, Cougar family of vehicles, HUSKY and High Mobility Truck Variant family of vehicles.
The successful tenderer will be required to supply a range of spares, on an as required basis, packaged to the appropriate Military Packaging levels and delivered to the Authority. Delivery will be at a Military storage facility in the UK.
Approximately 220 individual items, defined by NSN, part number and packaging code, are to be included in the initial contract. The items are of an automotive nature and are generally repairable rather than consumable items. The OEMs for these items are from the UK, EU and other countries. Full details will be provided in the ITT.
The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature to the contract during its lifetime.
The Authority reserves the right to ask for an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond if the potential provider does not meet the required standard.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Authority. The Authority would require the group to form a legal entity before entering into contract.
Potential providers should be aware that some material may be subject to the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
Information to be released with the ITT is classified as Official Sensitive and Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required for access to this documentation. Therefore, potential providers that do not hold the required security clearance at DPQQ stage must provide evidence that relevant personnel will have clearance by 25.10.2018 to allow the Authority to release to them any sensitively marked supporting material. Facility Security Clearance for the successful tenderer must be in place by the proposed contract award date of 1.3.2019 and maintained throughout the life of the contract. The contract will be subject to a Security Aspects Letter (SAL).
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.
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;

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. The information required is outlined within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
The minimum standard is outlined within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 5 years, or during a shorter period if necessary and: i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; ii) the consideration received; iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided; iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided and v) where: — that person was not a contracting authority and — the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by the economic operator attesting the details of the goods sold or services provided. 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. j) a description of the tools, material, technical equipment, staff numbers, know-how and sources of supply (with an indication of their geographical location when it is outside the territory of the EU) available to the economic operator to perform the contract, cope with any additional needs required by the contracting authority as a result of a crisis or carry out the maintenance, modernisation or adaptation of the goods covered by the contract. 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 sub-paragraph (n)(i). The information required is outlined within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. The minimum standard is outlined within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 5 years, or during a shorter period if necessary and: i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; ii) the consideration received; iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided; iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided and v) where: — that person was not a contracting authority and — the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by the economic operator attesting the details of the goods sold or services provided. 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. j) a description of the tools, material, technical equipment, staff numbers, know-how and sources of supply (with an indication of their geographical location when it is outside the territory of the EU) available to the economic operator to perform the contract, cope with any additional needs required by the contracting authority as a result of a crisis or carry out the maintenance, modernisation or adaptation of the goods covered by the contract. 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 sub-paragraph (n)(i). The information required is outlined within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.