Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-30
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Weapons, International Guns, Missiles and Rockets (IGMR) Project Team
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
Estimated value: 1400000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-07
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts. There is a requirement to place a contract for the supply and repair of various Close Range Gunnery Systems Sighting Equipment and Ancillaries. The equipment will include the Eotech 552 Holographic Sight and Ilee Twin Beam laser for the M323 Naval Minigun and L7A2 General Purpose Maching Gun. In addition to the supply and repair of equipment the contract will also cover the delivery of Technical documentation and instructions as well as an element of Post Design services to allow for modifications or fit, form and function investigations. The length of the contract will be firm priced for 3 years with two one year options.
The Contract duration is for 3 years plus two one year option years. The whole 5 years shall be firm priced. The scope of the equipment to be supplied (or when economical to do so repaired) shall include:
Supply will consist of between 4 and 6 buys a year. Value range ex VAT between: 1,000,000 and 1,500,000 over the 5 year contract. In addition to the supply and repair of the equipment mentioned above (and any associated equipment), the contract will also cover the delivery of Technical documentation and instructions as well as an element of Post Design services to allow for modifications or fit, form and function investigations.
The Contract will be for 3 years with two one year options to extend. These options shall be firm priced at the outset.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Authority. The Authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
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 a Security Aspects Letter, the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter 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 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 estimated contract value is 1 300 000 GBP (ex VAT). If the estimated contract value is greater than 40 % of the suppliers turnover, the Authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the Authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, e.g. such evidence may include: (1) Any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and (2) state whether the supplier is willing to provide the Authority with and indemnity, guarantee or bank bond.
A financial assessment will be undertaken on the suppliers financial status. An overall pass/fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the Parent company where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation will be utilised as part of this process.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity. The information and/ or documents for this opportunity are available on www.contracts.mod.uk. You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage. Suppliers must log in, go to the Response Manager and add the following Access Code: 9899Q453H8. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you. The deadline for submitting your response is 7th November 2016 at 12 Noon. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents. If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions or the user guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing support@contracts.mod.uk
Interested suppliers are required to complete the PQQ to provide information that allows the Authority to evaluate a supplier's capacities and capabilities against the selection criteria. With the exception of Section 6 the Pre Qualification Questionnaire all questions within the the Pre Qualification Questionnaire are marked Pass/Fail. Section 6 of the Pre Qualification Questionnaire contains both Pass/Fail and weighted questions. The weighting reflects the importance of the question in regards to the potential providers capability to perform the contract. The evidence provided by the potential provider in response to these questions will be scored from 0-5. These scores will then be multiplied by the weighting factor to give a total weighted score for the potential provider.

Eligibility requirements: The estimated contract value is 1 300 000 GBP (ex VAT). If the estimated contract value is greater than 40 % of the suppliers turnover, the Authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the Authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, e.g. such evidence may include: (1) Any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and (2) state whether the supplier is willing to provide the Authority with and indemnity, guarantee or bank bond. A financial assessment will be undertaken on the suppliers financial status. An overall pass/fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the Parent company where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation will be utilised as part of this process.