Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-21
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Defence Medical Services (DMS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85141000: Services provided by medical personnel
Estimated value: 188201 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-02-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Regulated/Institute of Naval Medicine (INM) Approved Diving Medicals
The authority intends to set up a Framework Agreement for the provision of HSE regulated/INM Approved Diving Medicals for Armed Forces Career Offices (Naval Services) (AFCO) nationwide, for potential recruits for the regular and reserve forces.
The authority intends to set up a Framework Agreement for the provision of an estimated 150 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Regulated/Institute of Naval Medicine (INM) Approved Diving Medicals per annum nationwide, for potential recruits for the regular and reserve forces.
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 will be paid if a tender or resulting Framework Agreement is withdrawn for any reason.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.
The authority has the option, within it's sole discretion, to extend the contract by a period of up to 12 months at a time, for a maximum of 24 months in total. The option periods are from 28.5.2022 to 27.5.2023 inclusive, and 28.5.2023 to 27.5.2024 inclusive.
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.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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Award value: 188201