Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-03-12
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Delivery Team (CBRN DT)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 35400000: Military vehicles and associated parts
Estimated value:  GBP

Technical requirements: The Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Delivery Team own 11 Fuchs ‘Fox’ Chemical, Radiological & Nuclear (CRN) survey and reconnaissance vehicles. These platforms were gifted to the Ministry of Defence in the early 1990’s and much of the sense equipment is becoming obsolete.
An obsolescence management project has been initiated and the Ministry of Defence have a requirement to upgrade both the chemical & radiation detection equipment for 10 platforms and 1 simulator, alongside the provision of in-service support to the out of service date of December 2024 (with the potential to extend to 2027).
The Contractor will be required to purchase replacement chemical and radiation sense equipment and integrate these accordingly, while providing in-service support anticipated to begin 1.1.2020.
The in-service aspect of this requirement is to be in accordance with the Army Equipment Support Publications (AESP’s) and could include, but is not limited to, the following:
A Prequalification Questionnaire (PQQ) will be issued to interested parties. The anticipated date for the PQQ release is end Jun 2019. Based on the results of the PQQ and if Contractors qualify, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be issued.
This project may have a high security classification, resulting in a possibility of performance thresholds for test and evaluation being unavailable to interested parties.
If you are interested in this requirement, please submit your interest to Laurence.Unsted251@mod.gov.uk to be updated on the initiation of the next stage of the procurement process.
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.
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