Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-16
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Chinook Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34710000: Helicopters and aeroplanes | 34730000: Aircraft engines and equipment | 35612300
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-09-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The authority is seeking to procure via competition piece part spares for the Dual mode landing lamps (DMLLs) fitted to the Chinook aircraft. The contract shall endure for 3 years from contract award and provide support through the provision of spares to the delivery team through bulk buys. A tasking mechanism will be included to facilitate further buys of spares on an ad hoc basis using a Limit of liability (LoL) of allocated funds. Rapid delivery of DMLL spares is desired due to dwindling stock levels at RAF Odiham. The tender evaluation will include consideration of delivery lead times.
The authority is seeking to procure through competition piece part spares for the Dual mode landing lamps (DMLLs) fitted to the Chinook aircraft. The contract duration shall be for 3 years and provide support through the provision of spares to the delivery team through bulk buys, including emergency spares. A tasking mechanism will be included to facilitate further buys using an allotted Limit of liability (LoL). The value of the Limit of liability (LoL) will be confirmed upon contract award following confirmation of the cost of the initial orders in the winning bid. Rapid delivery is desired due to dwindling stock levels at RAF Odiham and tender evaluation will include consideration of delivery lead times.
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The cyber risk level for this contract has been assessed using the Government supplier cyber risk assessment service (Gov.uk) online tool and has been assessed to be of very low risk (Reference: RAR-QB84SND5). A Supplier assurance questionnaire (SAQ) must be completed via the supplier cyber protection service (Octavian) to demonstrate compliance with the required cyber risk level.
Supplier's will be required to complete a statement of good standing, which will be supplied with the invitation to tender (ITT) documentation and must be completed by interested parties. The deadline for completion is the tender return date: it is expected that this will be included within the tenderers bid.
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: 500000