Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-16
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Region: East Anglia
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 79713000: Guard services
Estimated value: 869716 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-02-15
Award criteria: Technical, Commercial

Technical requirements: Technical
Commercial
Guarding Services. Unarmed, static manned guarding for Pathfinder Building at RAF Wyton, postcode area PE28. Pathfinder Building requires 24/7 365 days a year guarding. The future requirement is for approx 19 guards (4 shifts of 4) and 3 extra working during the day. There is also a requirement for a pool of relief guards to cover leave and sickness. However, flexibility in manning numbers will be required. Guards are required to have Developed Vetting (DV) clearance, however, at the start of the Contract a minimum of 15 DV cleared guards will be acceptable, with the remaining having Security Clearance (SC). Typical duties are to include the following list which is not exclusive. a. Granting, changing or revoking access by staff to specific rooms or areas of the building; b. managing visitors to the building (including personal searches, checking visitors' details and issuing passes); c. Checking deliveries to the building including baggage x-ray; d. Monitoring activity in and around the building either by foot patrol or CCTV; e. Responding to alarms (eg. intruder detection, personal attack etc); f. Controlling emergency evacuations of the building; g. Visitor escorting duties; h. Service provision to be in compliance with JSP440 Issue 3.9.2 September 2011. All guards must be British Nationals and willing to undertake and pass the UK Government Developed Vetting (DV) Clearence. The Contract will run from the anticipated 1.7.2016 until 31.3.2020 with an option to extend for an additional 1-year period.
The Contract will be for 3 years and 9 months with an option to extend for a further 1-year period. This option will be exercised by the Authority no later than 3 month before the Contract End Date.
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 majority of staff (15) must be cleared to Developed Vetting (DV) level before Contract Award. The remainder must be Security Cleared (SC).
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.
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.
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Eligibility requirements: (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established. Please provide 2-years worth of Annual Accounts as requested in PQQ.