Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-08-24
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DIO, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 35622700 | 71322000: Civil engineering design services
Estimated value: 7500000 GBP

Technical requirements: The project concerns the delivery of enabling infrastructure works to facilitate the replacement of an existing Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) system with the new system.
The GBAD project sites are located in the Falklands Islands (East Falkland) within proximity to Mount Pleasant Base which hosts British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) garrison and main operations. The value of the works is anticipated to be in the region of 7 500 000 - 10 000 000 (GBP). The works involve:
— A range of new / upgraded civils infrastructure including roads, hard standings, reinf concrete and earth retaining structures /operational areas (systems loading / unloading / testing / use), bunkers and supporting infrastructure (including demolition of redundant infrastructure and site reinstatement);
— The re-configuration / upgrading of existing buildings (including office/operations command, accommodation and light industrial uses (storage of GBAD systems components and vehicles);
— Design and construction knowledge of delivering enabling civils and building infrastructure for defence systems;
— Design and construction knowledge of delivering upgrading / adaptation works to existing facilities;
The works shall be procured under competitive tender via Defence Contracts Online (DCO) (https://www.contracts.mod.uk/) and replicated via the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU.eu). The procurement will be delivered according to the EU Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) under the restricted procedure. The advert for the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) will be via DCO. All work on the project will be in English. All relevant Falklands Islands and UK environmental, design and construction legislation will apply to the project. Formal advert and DPQQ will be issued around November 2017, and it is envisaged successful parties will be invited to tender thereafter.
Tendering countries and foreign national restrictions will be advised within the PQQ advert to be issued in due course. The client is the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). Please contact DIO for any further information. We would like to gauge interest for this project, and therefore please also notify DIO of your intention to submit a PQQ. DIOComrcl-1a3@mod.uk
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