Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-15
Buyer: Babcock DSG Limited
Country: UK
Region: Telford and Wrekin
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 34144300: Vehicles for refuse collection
Estimated value: 869000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-11
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Mobile bridges. Babcock DSG Limited acting on behalf of the Authority has under consideration a 7 year Framework Agreement for the Supply of Air Portable Bridge and Medium Girder Bridge Spares.
All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers. Tenderers shall be invited to submit bids for ISIS compliant parts; further details can be found on the ISIS/UKNCB website. The Authority shall not issue drawings in connection with this requirement. Babcock DSG Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award. As well as consumable items, the Authority also reserves the right to add Capital Spares to the contract, where repairable items are deemed as beyond economical repair (BER) and must be procured.
Expressions of Interest to participate in this requirement are to be submitted on the DCO by completing the PQQ. The PQQ shall be assessed on the DCO using the selection criteria given within the PQQ and within each question. Only those suppliers who provide all mandatory information and are not subject to a mandatory exclusion will be invited to tender. Access to the PQQ requires a code, which can be found at VI.3.
Any resulting contract shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality, and shall include remedies for poor performance.
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 this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
Potential suppliers must note that the use of the Babcock DSG Limited electronic ordering and payment system is a mandatory requirement for this contract. Unconditional acceptance of all references to the Babcock DSG Limited electronic ordering and payment system is required.
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.
Yes. A Reverse Auction, conducted using electronic means, may be used as part of the procurement process for this requirement. Specific relevant information on Reverse Auction usage will be given in the Invitation to Tender.
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, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. Suppliers interested in working with the MOD should register on its Supplier Information Database (SID), available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The SID is a catalogue of potential suppliers available to all MOD procurement staff, and is the main supplier database used by MOD. Please note that the registration and publication of a company profile on the SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for a contract opportunity must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions in the contract notice.
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

Eligibility requirements: The requirement as stated in the DPQQ will prevail.
The requirement as stated in the DPQQ will prevail. The requirement as stated in the DPQQ will prevail.