Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-07-19
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DIO, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings | 45211100
Estimated value:  GBP

Technical requirements: Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) as the Contracting Authority intends to put in place a Framework Agreement for the Provision of construction works at various overseas locations. This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the Buildings and Civil engineering market.
For further information and to register your interest in attending the market engagement event please email DIOComrcl-OCF@mod.gov.uk.
Title: Building and Civil Engineering Works and Associated Services — Operational Estate (Contingent Operations)
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the buildings and civil engineering market.
As part of the selection stage of the competition, for each regional sub-lot, bidders will be required to provide evidence of technical and professional capability by demonstrating previous experience of acting as principal contractor in the relevant region, in addition to demonstrating the capability to deliver the scope of the requirements within the lot and regional sub-lot(s).
All contract examples used by bidders to demonstrate technical and professional capability in a lot will be required to be examples where the bidder itself acted as principal contractor.
If the bidder cannot provide the required contract examples, it will be excluded from the competition for the relevant lot(s) and Regional sub-lot(s).
Bidders who fail the selection criteria for a regional sub-lot will be excluded from the competition for that regional sub-lot.
In order to provide interested parties with early visibility of how technical and professional capability will be assessed at selection stage (including at regional sub-lot level), DIO has published the relevant questions and evaluation criteria on its website at:
Bidders should note that DIO may implement PPN 04/18 as part of the selection criteria for this competition. Further information on this PPN can be accessed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0418-taking-account-of-a-suppliers-approach-to-payment-in-the-procurement-of-major-contracts
Further information on previous market engagement to support developing the strategy for this proposed competition can be located on the DIO website:
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-2019715-DCB-15097397