Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-06
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Defence Medical Services (DMS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85140000: Miscellaneous health services
Estimated value: 1370000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-01-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contractor is to provide emergency medical airfield cover to include the provision of pre-hospital emergency care and treatment. This shall be provided by 1 x Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) registered paramedic and 1 x Institute of Healthcare and Development (IHCD) ambulance technician or equivalent level and to include the provision of an a fully equipped trauma all-terrain patient carrying vehicle, at MOD Boscombe Down.
Within 10 minutes of an emergency call the contractor will provide pre-Hospital emergency medical cover to preserve lives as safely as possible by providing triage, live-saving first aid, basic life support and advanced life support, until the casualties can receive the advanced trauma response and onward casualty transfer provided through the NHS ambulance service. In conjunction with the fire service and under the command of the fire master. This provision shall cover airfield incidents, off-site incidents and domestic incidents on Boscombe Down.
Quantity: 240 days a year of which, 104 Working days (excluding Fridays) can be extended to cover night flying operations with 24 hours’ notice to the contractor. A maximum of 700 hours per year in addition to the 240 workings days and weekend stated above can be provided, with no more than 65 hours in any 1 calendar month. The hours associated with night operations are part of these 700 hours.
Options: the authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion to extend the contract for a period of up to 24 months.
The authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion to extend the contract for a period of up to 24 months. The estimated the value for the option period is 563 000 GBP.
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-contractingpurchasing-and-finance-e-procurement-system
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.
Advertising Regime OJEU: this contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk
The authority has a duty to protect itself from cyber threats and now we extend this to suppliers we engage with. As an extension of the Government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme the authority, working together with industry and other Government Departments, have developed a more robust Cyber Security Model, under the umbrella of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP). All prime contractors must have the cyber security controls specified in DEF Stan 05-138 (Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers), as appropriate to the cyber risk level specified in the contract.
The authority has determined the level of risk as N/A (Reference: RAR-AXRV269T) as defined in DEF Stan 05-138.
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Award value: 1370000