Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-10
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 63726400
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-09-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Ship chartering services. The Salvage and Marine Operations Team, part of UK MOD, seek to place a contract on behalf of Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands (CBFSAI) to charter two Shallow Draft Anchor Handling Tugs (AHT), to cover the full range of marine service duties to be carried out in the Falkland Islands (FI) and an additional vessel or barge able to undertake coastal supply, heavy mooring tasks, heavy lifting and other general duties. The duration of the Contract will be three years plus two separate option years.
Crew provided to man these vessels must have passed a criminal reference check, counter terrorist check (CTC) and meet a baseline personnel security standard (BPSS) or provide evidence of already holding SC/DV clearance.
The contract will be drafted from Baltic International Maritime Council (BIMCO) supply time 2017 terms in conjunction with MOD Standard contracting terms.
Charter of two Shallow Draft Anchor Handling Tugs (AHT) and crew to cover the full range of marine service duties to be carried out in the Falkland Islands (FI) and an additional vessel or barge able to undertake coastal supply, heavy mooring tasks, heavy lifting and other general duties. The duration of the contract will be 3 years plus two separate option years. Harbour tug duties include push pull ops, personnel transfer and assisting in ship movements, coastal supply duties include movement of cargo to coastal locations, outlying islands and military outstations, crew provided to man these vessels must have passed a criminal reference check, counter terrorist check (CTC) and meet a baseline personnel security standard (BPSS) or provide evidence of already holding SC/DV clearance. Use of the UK Airbridge by crew will require a UK Visa.
The vessels and the providing shipping company including owner/operators/managers are to be United Kingdom (UK), Crown Dependency, British Overseas Territory or European Union (EU) flagged and based.
The vessels flag state must be a country identified as being on the Paris MoU white list for current flag performance
The contract will be drafted from Baltic International Maritime Council (BIMCO) supply time 2017 terms in conjunction with MOD standard contracting terms.
The authority reserves the right to ask for an Indemnity, guarantee or Bank Bond if the required standard for economical and financial standing is not met.
The estimated annual contract value is GBP 24 093 million. 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, for example such evidence may include:
1) any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and
2) stating 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 may be utilised as part of this process.
If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the authority. The authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
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, the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter 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 crew provided to man the charter vessels must have passed a criminal reference check, counter terrorist check (CTC) and meet a baseline personnel security standard (BPSS) or provide evidence of already holding SC/DV clearance. Crew using the UK Airbridge Flights will require a UK Visa.
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.