Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-21
Buyer: MOD
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts | 35700000: Military electronic systems
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Military electronic systems. Weapons, ammunition and associated parts. The Authority has a requirement to procure a hand held programmable electronic timer capable of initiating, after a user nominated time delay, a single electronic detonator in an underwater environment. The Contract will comprise of an initial quantity of equipment purchased and options to purchase additional equipment each year for the duration of the Contract.
The Contract will consist of a purchase of an initial quantity of equipment to undergo a set of Safe and Suitability for Service Trials (S3). On successful completion of the trials the option for the purchase of a further quantity of the same equipment and the purchase of a quantity of equipment each year for 3 years will be taken up. The Contract will include options for additional purchases for up to 6 years.
Priced Option for the purchase of equipment and the replenishment of equipment each year for 3 years on completion of S3 Trials.
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 maximum estimated annual contract value is £200,000. If the estimated annual Contract value is greater than 40 % of the supplier's 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 an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond.
A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier's 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: YA68W35G6G. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you.

Eligibility requirements: The maximum estimated annual contract value is £200,000. If the estimated annual Contract value is greater than 40 % of the supplier's 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 an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond. A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier's 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.