Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 50116000: Repair and maintenance services of car parts
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehicles. Sighting System fitted to challenger 2 vehicle for the following NSN's:
The Authority has a potential requirement to place a 5 year Framework Agreement for the Repair of the Sighting System fitted to Challenger 2 vehicle. There will also be the provision for two one year options should this be required and subject to satisfactory supplier performance. The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature during the lifetime of the contract.
QA standards or equivalent: the contractor shall hold and maintain a certification to ISO 9001:2008 or equivalent quality accreditation to a correct scope relevant to this requirement.
Expressions of interest will be via a Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) linked to this contract notice. Only those expressions of interest that fully meet the above criteria and DPQQ shall be considered for invitation to tender.
No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
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 markings applies or otherwise.
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.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#dspr
Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 39(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest (including defence and security factors) for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 39(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
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