Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-12-08
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Support Programmes (OSP)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 31100000 | 31120000

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Defence has a requirement for power generation, electrical power management systems, energy storage and electrical power distribution. The power generation (and supporting systems within this capability) need to be lightweight and compact to allow safe carriage by personnel to load and unload safely from vehicles. Power generation systems that can be safely towed by vehicles will also be considered as part of the capability. For a small percentage of the power generation capability, there may be an additional requirement for reducing thermal, acoustic and electromagnetic signatures. This new project titled Manoeuvre Power (Man-P) partly replaces Field Power, a former Defence project.
The authority is presenting an open invitation to industry to participate in a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise towards the outlined Man-P requirement. The PME consists of a detailed survey to assist the authority in the development of acquisition options, and ultimately support the development of the future procurement strategy. Specifically, the information from participants is to assist the authority in understanding:
The PME is purely an information gathering exercise in which participants are invited to complete the survey in full or partially, in line with a participant’s in-production products and capabilities. The survey will explore:
The PME survey will contain detailed questions in the above areas, which in many cases will require supporting evidence. PME questions will not indicate, or note, any specific future requirements for the Man-P activity. Participant submissions should not expect to assign significant resource into the upcoming exercise and any responses should be based on solutions that are already in-production.
Participant engagement in the PME will not be used to, directly or indirectly, enter a contractual agreement for the delivery of Man-P. The survey responses will be assessed to measure the confidence that the Man-P capability can be delivered from industry. The survey will assess the market as a whole, and no individual submission will be identifiable in the findings of the PME.
The PME is planned to be released on Defence Share the week beginning 3.12.2018 with responses to be submitted by Friday 25.1.2018, 23:59. The PME process will be conducted via the Defence Share web portal; a Defence Share account will be supplied following registering interest in the PME. During the PME, industry will be able to contact the authority with questions or clarifications in regards to the survey. Answers to questions, received via e-mail, will be issued to all parties who have registered an interest in partaking in the PME on the Defence Share Portal. The deadline for submitting questions to the authority is Monday 7.1.2019, 23:59.
In order to register your interest to partake in the Man-P PME, or ask questions on the survey, industry is requested to register through contacting DESLELCA-MANP@mod.gov.uk.
All work completed in response to the PME is at participant's own risk. The PME exercise will not represent a commitment by the authority to launch any formal procurement procedure, nor does it indicate that the authority has decided on its procurement options for this requirement. Furthermore, any participation in the PME exercise does not guarantee that you will be invited to participate in any future tender exercise; should the authority run a competition for this requirement then participants will be selected via the normal routes (e.g. pre-qualification questionnaires). The PME exercise forms part of our engagement with industry relating to this requirement and you should note we are conducting similar exercises with other potential suppliers.
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:
Advertising regime OJEU: this contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2018126-DCB-13680658