Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-07
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Marine Systems Support
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 39700000
Estimated value: 40000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Marine System Support (MSS) Team, which is part of the ships operating centre within defence equipment & support, provides global support to Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and submarines and other partnering nations. MSS is looking for a supplier(s) to provide an availability solution for all galley and laundry domestic equipment. The successful supplier will be responsible for the provision of and setting to work of new equipment, the holding of spares and any associated services required. There is a possibility that during the life of the proposed contract that the size of HM Naval fleet may increase or decrease. The support contract will take the form of an asset availability service arrangement. The Authority will hold a contract review of the performance at the 5-year point of the contract.
The MSS Team, which is part of the ships operating centre within defence equipment & support, provides global support to Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and submarines and other partnering nations. MSS is looking for a supplier(s) to provide an Availability solution for all galley and laundry domestic equipment. The successful supplier will be responsible for the provision of and setting to work of new equipment, the holding of spares and any associated services required. There is a possibility that during the life of the proposed contract that the size of HM Naval fleet may increase or decrease. The support contract will take the form of an asset availability service arrangement.
The Authority reserves the right to hold a bidders conference and a ship visit (location to be confirmed). Confirmation/notification will be provided to successful companies at the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ)stage.
It is envisaged that 6 (six) potential bidders with the highest scoring compliant DPQQ responses will be taken forward to the Invitation To Negotiate (ITN) stage.
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 (SAL), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the SAL 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 contractor must take to protect information and explains that certain information must be available to the MOD. Requires the contractor to seek authority from the MOD before placing any sub-contract, and specifies provisions to be included in any sub-contract to cover security measures. Permits the MOD to terminate the contract in certain circumstances.
The contractor is to put in place cybersecurity controls specified to the cybersecurity for defence suppliers as appropriate to the cyber risk level specified in the contract. These controls will be required by the contract start date at the latest unless an agreed cyber implementation plan is in place. The Authority has considered the cyber risk level of the requirement as low risk.
Electronic Trading - Potential suppliers must note the mandatory requirement for electronic trading using the Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) electronic procurement tool. All payments for contractor deliverables under the contract shall only be made via CP&F. You can find details on CP&F at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-contracting-purchasing-and-finance-e-procurement-system.”.
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: 40000000