Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-17
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71621000 | 71631000 | 72212710 | 79720000
Estimated value: 300000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-08-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of digital forensic examination services for the Ministry f Defence Police (MDP) Crime Command.
As a result of changes in the requirements for the accreditation of Digital forensic Units (DFU), a decision was made to close the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) Digital examination capability unit.
The examination of seized Digital Media is a key element in over 90 % of MDP Crime Command (CC) investigations.
The submission of digital devices is required to enable professionally accredited analysts to extract and analyse the data contained within and produce it in an intelligence or evidential package.
The majority of communication and trading in today’so world is completed on a digital platform. Digital media is seized during the course of any investigation because it is believed that it contains evidence pertinent to the current investigation. If the device is not subjected to digital forensic analysis then evidence that is located on the device will be missed and will impact on any CPS charging decision and thus be detrimental to the investigation and possible prosecution.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.
Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following access code: V622XQWZ46. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.
The deadline for submitting your response(so) is 14 August 2020 15.00. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online frequently asked questions (FAQ's) or the user guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing — support@contracts.mod.uk or call 0800282324.
Interested suppliers are required to complete the dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire (DPQQ) to provide the authority with information to evaluate the supplier’s capacity and capability against the selection criteria. The authority uses the DPQQ response to create a shortlist of tenderers who:
3) best meet, in terms of capacity and capability, the selection criteria set out in this notice and the DPQQ.
The authority intends to invite the highest five scoring companies to tender stage, we reserve the right to increase this depending on outcome of DPQQ scoring.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. 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


Award value: 300000