Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-06
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DIO, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Country: UK
Region: Portsmouth
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45244000: Marine construction works
Estimated value: 15000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Marine construction works. HMNB Portsmouth is to base-port the 2 Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) Aircraft Carriers.
Middle Slip Jetty (MSJ) is to serve as the first operational berth and is currently under construction providing similar infrastructure to that listed below.
The existing jetty structure and supporting infrastructure to VJ requires modifications to meet the user's operational requirements and enable this jetty to be fully operational and secure, with sufficient services to support either of the 2 QEC aircraft carriers from September 2018.
The MOD reserves the right to request deposits, guarantees or other forms of security. Further details will be provided in the tender documents.
The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 proof that is required for the technical capacity and ability is detailed in Question 10 of the PQQ.
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From 2.4.2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
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.
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
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.

Eligibility requirements: The proof that is required for the technical capacity and ability is detailed in Question 10 of the PQQ.
See PQQ.