Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-09-12
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Infrastructure Programme (OIP)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33970000 | 42320000
Estimated value: 1537000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-10-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Air Portable Mortuary System and Clinical Waste Incinerator for Joint Expeditionary Forces Field Hospital
A mortuary system that can be transported via armed forces air transport capabilities directly to a field hospital in an operational environment. The system would be able to be set up and operated by an appropriately trained user.
A system that provides the least possible logistic need, is easily constructed with little to no specialist tools. The components required to construct the complete working system, including spares, will need to be man portable.
The contractor will also be required to provide maintenance, servicing, repair and supply of spare parts.
— a clinical waste incinerator system that can be transported via currently available armed forces air transport capabilities directly to a field hospital in an operational environment. The system would be able to be set up and operated by an appropriately trained armed forces user,
— a system that provides the least possible logistic need, is easily constructed in austere environments, with little to no specialist tools. The components required to construct the complete working system, including any spares, will need to be man portable,
— an example of the bidder proposed solution is required to be available for trialling in January 2020,
— the contractor will also be required to provide maintenance, servicing, repair and supply of spare parts.
Candidates will be selected based on their performance on the associated PQQ. The scoring mechanism for the PQQ is contained within its supporting documents. The number of invited candidates is limited due to resource restrictions around the bidder trials.
The contract will include 2 separate options, each will extend the length of the contract by 12 months.
— a mortuary system that can be transported via armed forces air transport capabilities directly to a field hospital in an operational environment. The system would be able to be set up and operated by an appropriately trained user,
— a system that provides the least possible logistic need, is easily constructed with little to no specialist tools. The components required to construct the complete working system, including spares, will need to be man portable,
— the contractor will also be required to provide maintenance, servicing, repair and supply of spare parts.
Candidates will be selected for invitation based on their performance on the associated PQQ. The scoring mechanism is described in the PQQ supporting documents. The number of candidates is limited due to resource restrictions around bidder trials.
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.


Award value: 1537000