Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Region: Suffolk
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 75220000: Civil defence services
Estimated value: 941000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The electronic Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) system will be used as the payment mechanism for this proposed contract.
Joint and severable liability. Where consortia or other grouping of economic operators submit a bid, they will be bound jointly and severably. Such consortia or grouping must nominate a lead member to deal with the Authority on all matters relating to this procurement exercise.
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.
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.
The Authority intends to invite no more than 10 Economic Operators to tender for this requirement and will therefore conduct a pre-qualification exercise to assist in any down selection. Only those Economic Operators who can demonstrate a sufficient level of economic and financial standing and technical or professional ability against the Authority's pre-qualification criteria may be invited to tender. Should more than 10 Economic Operators fulfil the selection criteria, the Authority reserves the right to conduct a further down selection. Full details on how to access the ‘Dynamic’ Pre-Qualification Questionnaire linked to this advert are contained in the final 2 (two) paragraphs below. The Authority reserves the right to seek independent financial and market advice to validate information declared, or to assist in any pre-qualification evaluation.
Section 4 Part 1: Form D (Economic and Financial Standing). The Authority's preferred response is 4.1.1 (most recent 2 (two) years audited accounts). However, other means of establishing financial standing (serials 4.1.2 — 4.1.4) are acceptable provided they contain the requisite level of detail and fully justified.
Overall, there will be a maximum of 500 marks/100 % available based on the scoring and weighting methodology detailed in the Evaluation Plan. Only those candidates who can demonstrate a GOOD level of economic and financial standing and technical of professional ability against the Authority's pre-qualification criteria may be invited to tender. With this is mind, it has been determined by the Authority that a minimum acceptable score/compliance hurdle rate will be set at 300 marks/60 % (or above) out of a possible 500 marks/100 %. Candidates who fail to achieve the minimum score will automatically be eliminated from the process.
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