Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-03-16
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, OSP Programme Management Office (PGMO)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 42418500 | 43300000 | 50111000: Fleet management and maintenance services
Estimated value:  GBP

Technical requirements: The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to inform candidate suppliers that DE&S Land Concept and Assessment (LCA) Project Team will be holding an Industry Engagement Day in respect of the Authority’s requirement for fleet management of earth-moving, engineer construction and materiel handling capabilities required to undertake tasks in the United Kingdom (UK), on deployed operations and overseas.
A presentation will be given from 10:00 to 12:30 followed by refreshments and a series of one-to-one sessions with individual candidate suppliers hosted between 13:00 and 17:00.
The presentation will focus on programme initiatives (under development) that use Whole Force Approach and provide further context which may shape how the MITER Service Provision could be delivered to Defence.
Engagement will also identify any remaining information requirements that may assist in the tendering process.
The one-to one sessions will provide an opportunity to present questions to the Defence Panel consisting of (but not limited to) representatives from Army HQ (Lead Customer), Army Commercial, DE & S Projects and DE & S Commercial.
Please be aware that these questions will be collated, anonymised and distributed with answers to all candidate suppliers in order to maintain transparency and equality of information.
Suppliers with an interest in Project MITER at a prime or subcontractor level are encouraged to attend. However, it should be noted that MOD will be seeking tenders and a subsequent single contract for the total service provision and will not be dividing MITER into tender lots or separate contracts.
It is hoped that this event will provide the stimulus for candidate prime and subcontractors to begin engagement towards forming candidate supply chains to bid to deliver MITER.
Requests for attendance should be made via AWARD where a registration document will be available for download, as well as additional information on venue access. Completed registration forms should be submitted via AWARD no later than Monday 19.3.2018 [17:00].
Any interested parties that do not have AWARD access can request an account by emailing DESLELCA-Comrcl-MITER@mod.gov.uk with the following information:
A previous PIN was published for MITER on 10.8.2017 followed by an Industry Engagement Briefing held on 24.10.2017.
CVehicles (EVP/7) — Comprises of engineering, construction and plant equipment to enable manoeuvre, construction, logistics, force protection engineering and life support. Provided under a Private Finance Initiative contract ending in 2021, whereby the current equipment fleet is owned by the contractor and loaned to MOD on demand.
Protected Plant (OSVP/0011) — Engineering Plant protected against a range of blast and ballistic threats. The small protected construction plant fleet is owned by MOD and supported by industry under a contract also ending in 2021.
Defence Mechanical Handling Equipment (DMHE) (SPPT/0015) — Pure Commercial off the Shelf mechanical handling equipment across Defence and as part of the logistic supply chain. It is currently almost entirely provided under the DMHE contract, ending in 2020. The equipment fleet is owned by the contractor and provided to MOD on a period lease basis.
MITER seeks to bring these 3 separate arrangements together under a single fleet management and support/service provision arrangement from 2020. The primary role of the MITER contractor will be to manage and sustain the combined construction and mechanical handling equipment fleet in the United Kingdom (UK), on deployed operations and overseas environments.