Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-11-26
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 34711300: Unmanned aerial vehicles
Estimated value: 9800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-01-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of UK Based Light Aircraft for the Delivery of Military Parachute Training and RAF Falcons Parachute Activity
Short description: provision of UK based light aircraft for the delivery of Military Parachute Training (MPT) and RAF Falcons Parachute Activity (FPA) to include parachute displays to the public. The contract duration will be 3 core years plus 2 one-year options for MPT and 3 core years for FPA, the proposed Contract start date is 1.7.2020.
Description of procurement: provide from 1.7.2020, provision of suitable light aircraft and support services to enable Air Command 2 Group to deliver and FPA; via a single contract to provide light aircraft and associated support enablers (i.e. fire and crash cover, and MPT water support) to deliver MPT and FPA.
The light aircraft provided are to deliver both MPT and FPA by adapting interoperability from a single ac type. The aircraft must also be capable of meeting extant release-to-service requirements detailed within the compendium of airborne equipment release certificates and confirmed by trials and evaluation sufficient aircraft flying hours must be provided to enable light aircraft provision fit-to-meet demand.
— the off payroll rules (Intermediaries Legislation – IR35) for working in the public sector are in place to ensure that where a worker would have been an employee if they were providing their services directly, they are broadly paying the same tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) as an employee,
— the authority has decided that the provision of this service is out of scope of this legislation, for this particular requirement.
The authority will use the DPQQ response to create a shortlist of tenders who are eligible to participate; fulfill any minimum economic, financial, professional and technical standards; and best meet in terms of capacity and capability the selection criteria set out in this DPQQ. Full details of the method of choosing the tenders are set out in the DPQQ. It is the intention to down select to between approximately 2 and 6 highest scoring suppliers who will be invited to tender, providing they meet the overall percentage pass mark of 50 %, do not score any lower than 2 points for any of the questions and receive a pass in any pass/fail questions within the DPQQ. If the supplier scores below 2 in any of the questions or receives a fail in a pass/fail question then they will automatically fail the evaluation and will not be invited to participate any further.
The estimated annual contract value is 1 600 000 GBP. If the estimated annual contract value is greater than 40 % of the supplier’s turnover, the authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, for example, such evidence may include:
1) Any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and
2) Stating if the supplier is willing to provide the authority with an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond.
Please provide at least 2 years audited accounts (if available) or equivalent information, that will be used as part of the DPQQ economic and financial standing evaluation.
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
The Cyber Essentials DCPP (Defence Cyber Protection Partnership) internet based cyber security model risk assessment has been completed by the RAF User (the Customer), thus the cyber risk of this requirement is classified as 'Very Low’. If your company is subsequently invited to tender, your tender must include the completion of the ‘Supplier Assurance Questionnaire’ via the internet based DCPP Cyber Security Model online link: https://suppliercyberprotection.service.xgov.uk/
This is to demonstrate a supplier’s compliance with the required cyber risk level. More information will be published with regards to this process, the evaluation criteria and how to access the information/website once the tender documentation is live.


Award value: 9800000