Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-05
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35400000: Military vehicles and associated parts | 35420000: Parts of military vehicles | 50000000 | 50116000: Repair and maintenance services of car parts | 50344000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-10-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Military vehicles and associated parts. Parts of military vehicles. Repair and maintenance services. Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehicles. Repair and maintenance services of optical equipment. Battle Group Thermal Imaging (BGTI) provides an enhanced capability to Warrior and CVR(T) Scimitar Armoured Fighting Vehicles by means of visual and thermal images for sighting and situational awareness, weapon targeting and as an aid to vehicle navigation. Since 2004, over 600 BGTI systems have been fielded providing the Armoured Battle Group with a coherent day and night fighting capability. The Vehicle Support Team has a requirement for the In-Service support of this equipment which will include the procurement of spares, sub assembly repair, obsolescence management, configuration management, maintenance of publications, and technical support.
This Contract will be let using the restricted procedure of the DSPCR 2011. Interested parties are invited to complete the PQQ attached to this advert. The Authority will only invite suppliers who have completed the PQQ and satisfied its minimum requirements. A maximum of 6 suppliers will be invited to tender. In the event of more than 6 suppliers meeting the minimum requirements, only the 6 highest scoring suppliers will be invited to tender. The PQQ must be completed by 11:00 on 31.10.2018. Please use the PQQ Access Code: 9U985C6P2P
It is envisaged that the Contract will be for a 3-year period and include options to extend for a potential further 3 years. Please note that the Authority has no access to and will be unable to provide any test/repair specifications, drawings and other technical documentation for this requirement.
The Authority, or any of its advisers, does not accept any liability in respect of this PQQ or any supporting documentation or liability for any costs or expenses borne by the Potential Provider or any of their Sub-contractors or advisers in this process. Nothing in the PQQ Documents is, or should be, relied upon as a promise or a representation as to the Authority’s ultimate decisions in relation to the BGTI Future Support contract. The publication of the PQQ Documents in no way commits the Authority to award any contract or pursue any tender process for the BGTI Future Support Requirement.
The planned release date for the ITT is 12.11.2018. Suppliers invited to tender will be given a minimum of 40 calendar days to respond to this tender. Funding for this requirement has not been approved, and no bid costs will be covered. Invited tenderer’s bids will be evaluated to determine the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. No reverse auction will be used.
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.
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