Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C,
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 80650000
Estimated value: 150000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-03-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Formare profesională şi simulare în domeniul aeronavelor militare, al proiectilelor şi al navelor spaţiale
Provision of Advanced Rigger Services to the Robson Parachute Centre Weston on the Green (RPC(W)) to cover period 1 May 2018 to 30 September 2020 with a further 2 x 1-year options, 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021 and 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022.
Force Development and Adventurous Training (AT) is one of the cornerstones of personal and professional development within the Armed Forces with parachuting being one of the recognized AT activities. With an RAF member currently unable to support AT parachute rigging activities at the Robson Parachuting Centre Weston on the Green (RPC(W)), the service of an Advanced Rigger will be required. These services will have to be conducted in accordance with the relevant regulations, these being; the British Parachute Association (BPA) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The requirement is for a contract to include the core period commencing 1 May 2018 to 30 September 2020, with a further 2 x 1-year options, 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021 and 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022. The contract services required will comprise:
— the Rigger must hold a BPA Advanced Rigger qualification and additional qualifications, either as a CSI or AFFI are highly desirable,
— the Advanced Rigger will need to temporarily support the delivery of JSAT activity at alternative locations for up to 4 weeks at a time, these locations may not be limited to within the UK but would be limited to Europe and could include Germany, Spain, and Cyprus. When contract employees are required to work away from RPC (W) in support of the contracting activity, food and accommodation will be paid for or provided by the Authority - this will be the same standard as received by military staff,
— the Advanced Rigger will be expected to assist with instruction and participate in staff training as a CSI/AFFI and coach in a relevant discipline.
The Cyber Essentials DCPP (Defence Cyber Protection Partnership) internet-based Cyber Security Model Risk Assessment has been completed by the RAF User (the Customer), thus the Cyber Risk of this requirement is classified as Very Low. If your company is subsequently invited to tender then your tender must include the completion of the ‘Supplier Assurance Questionnaire’ via the internet based DCPP Cyber Security Model online link:
More information will be published with regards to this process, the evaluation criteria and how to access the information/website once the tender documentation is live and you have been invited to tender.
The Authority will use the PQQ response to create a shortlist of Tenders who are eligible to participate; fulfill any minimum economic, financial, professional and technical standards, and best meet in terms of capacity and capability the selection criteria set out in this PQQ. Full details of the method of choosing the Tenders are set out in the PQQ.
It is the intention to down select to between approximately 2 and 6 highest scoring suppliers who will be invited to Tender, providing they meet the overall percentage pass mark of 60 %, do not score any lower than 2 points and receive a pass in any pass/fail questions within the PQQ. If the supplier scores below 2 in any of the questions or receives a fail in a pass/fail question then they will automatically fail the evaluation and will not be invited to participate any further.
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— please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
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Eligibility requirements: As detailed in the DPQQ (Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

Award value: 150000