Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-24
Buyer: Civil Aviation Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 24600000 | 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 38546000 | 72225000: Systems quality assurance services | 73000000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-01-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of a Third Party Certifier and Quality Assurer of Free Running Explosive Detection Dogs (FREDDs)
Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment. Administration, defence and social security services. Civil defence services. Research and development services and related consultancy services. Security services. System quality assurance assessment and review services. Test and evaluation of security equipment. Explosives. Explosives detection system. Research and experimental development services. Research and development services on security and defence materials. Requirements for the provision of a third party certifier and quality assurer of free running explosive detection dogs (FREDDs) – regulated under the UK National Aviation Security Programme (NASP).
Under the National Aviation Security Programme (NASP), the UK has an explosive detection dog (EDD) capability which requires dog and handler teams to be certified and a commitment to regular quality assurance (QA) to maintain standards. It is proposed that in future the certification and QA functions should be carried out by a third party accredited by the CAA on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT). Under this arrangement, CAA will maintain oversight of the third party certification/QA provider on a continuous basis and will be responsible for ensuring that the process operates effectively. The overall policy on the use of EDD will continue to be owned by DfT.
There will be additional expert input from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) who currently undertake FREDDs certification and QA on behalf of DfT.
The certification and quality assurance activity is moving from a proof of concept stage and into the commercial market where, based on levels of interest already indicated by FREDDs teams, are expected to show considerable growth. There are also the potential benefits of anticipated expansion of regulated EDD provision in the UK to be considered.
Provision of a third party certifier and quality assurer of free running explosive detection dogs (FREDDs).
Initial period of 2 years (reviewable annually) with optional further 12-month periods, which must not exceed 7 years in total.
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.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
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.
(m) in the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required by the contracting authority.
As stated in the Standard Selection (SQ) instructions to tenderers and standard selection questionnaire.
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.
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Crawley:-Security%2C-fire-fighting%2C-police-and-defence-equipment./78UG5S77U8

Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
(m) in the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required by the contracting authority. Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.