Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-10
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 50100000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-08-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment. Babcock DSG Ltd acting as agents on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence has a requirement for a 4-year framework agreement for the repair of AFV heavy road wheels, with the provision of two 1-year options should this be required and subject to satisfactory supplier performance.
Babcock DSG Ltd acting as agents for the authority has a potential requirement for a 4-year framework agreement for the repair of AFV heavy road wheels. There will also be the provision for 2 x 1-year options should this be required and subject to satisfactory supplier performance. The possible future requirement covers, but is not limited to the repair of the following NSNs:
QA standards or equivalent; the contractor shall hold and maintain a certification to ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent quality accreditation to a correct scope relevant to this requirement. The contractor shall be responsible for the procurement of all replacement parts and they shall meet or exceed the OEM specification and shall be purchased from an approved supplier. Certificates of Conformity (COC) shall be obtained/provided for all parts/repairs.
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 the notice. No compensation etc will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in the process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
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 (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.
(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:
(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.
(a) In the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability.

Eligibility requirements: (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. This information is required in response to the DPQQ
(a) In the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability. (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. (h) The environmental management measures, that the economic operator is able to apply when performing the contract, but only where it is necessary for the performance of that 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: — attesting conformity to quality management systems standards based on the relevant European standard; and — 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). This information is required in response to the DPQQ.