Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-07-14
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Dismounted Close Combat (DCC)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 34100000 | 34113000: Four-wheel-drive vehicles | 34113300 | 34114000: Special-purpose vehicles | 50100000
Estimated value: 10000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Currently, a variety of vehicle types are employed via different commercial arrangements to deliver Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Search (EOD&S) capability across the spectrum of all Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) capabilities. Project GASKET will deliver this broad range of vehicles as a coherent capability.
Provision, repair, maintenance and associated services of converted cars, vans and off-road vehicles is required. Vehicle conversion will be required to meet the specific System Requirements, primarily design and integration of vehicle racking to transport and best deliver equipment and personnel.
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is an enabler inform the market of a potential opportunity and to allow the authority to develop options for the delivery of GASKET Project 1. Section II.2.4 contains information on how suppliers should respond to this PIN.
The current fleet suffers from a lack of reserve vehicles, differences in vehicle configuration and lack of conformity in commercial arrangements, both locally and geographically. GASKET Project 1 will deliver standard, soft skin vehicles, namely Light Vehicles (cars, ≈50), Medium Vehicles (vans, ≈80) and Light Off-Road Vehicles (≈30). These will be relatively low complexity vehicles for transport of personnel and discrete equipment.
There are multiple users, each with specific load requirements. The vehicles will be fitted for but not with (FFBNW) equipment and personnel, in accordance with the load lists. The integration required will primarily be the design and fitting of racking to carry the loads and ensuring that the vehicle meets the System Requirement specification.
In order to inform the Authority's procurement approach, Contractors are invited to respond to a question set by 12:00 28.7.2017. The question set is available upon request at the above email.
Dates and values in the PIN are not to be relied upon. The PIN does not commit the MoD to any obligations or procurement. Response must not include copyrighted/patented information. Any investment/expenditure relating to the PIN is at your own expense. MoD will not indemnify or reimburse work without contract. Response (or not) to the PIN will not impact eligibility for any future opportunity.
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.
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-2017712-DCB-10616088.


Award value: 10000000