Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-24
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 34500000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Ships and boats. The Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Boats team has a requirement for the provision of upkeep management services in respect of programmed upkeeps/refits and repairs for the following vessels, including but not limited to:
P2000 (Archer Class) Boats — HM Ships Archer, Biter, Blazer, Charger, Dasher, Example, Exploit, Explorer, Express, Pursuer, Puncher, Raider, Ranger, Smiter, Tracker, Trumpeter;
This requirement will also include the provision of overseeing services for military equipment fits on Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels.
The Contractor shall provide overseeing services (as and when tasked by the Authority) at the premises of the Contract Ship Repairer (CSR) or User location at any United Kingdom (UK) site or overseas, during the period of the upkeep or repair period. Tasks and responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
The Contractor shall, as and when tasked by the Authority, oversee the repair, overhaul, refitting and upgrading of all military equipment fits during Upkeep Periods, ensuring that the Contract Ship Repairer (CSR) complies with all relevant military and Classification regulations and standards.
The Contractor may be required to provide assistance to the Authority in the writing of upkeep specifications.
No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
It is expected that this requirement will have two (2) option years for the provision of the services under the contract.
An indemnity, guarantee or bank bond may be required to support the contract The Authority reserves the right to ask for an indemnity, (parent company) guarantee or bank bond if the supplier does not meet the required standard for economic and financial standing.
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 a Security Aspects Letter, the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter 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 Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council  (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 of the European Parliament and of the Council  (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.

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. Two years audited accounts will be required as part of any PQQ response.
Please refer to Section VI: Complementary Information (VI.3) Additional Information).