Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-30
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45453100
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-09-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Refurbishment work. The authority is considering placing a 10-year contract (5-years fixed with five 1-year options).
• the annual refurbishment of a large quantity of (approximately 200 000 to 350 000) assorted ammunition containers to predefined standards. There are around 50 different container types requiring refurbishment and a considerably larger quantity of internal and external packaging materiel. Typically, these range from the H84 ammunition container (280 x 83 x 74 mm) to the L19 unit load (1 020 x 1 195 x 1 350 mm) container and component part materials include steel, aluminium, polythene, polyethylene, polystyrene, cardboard and wood.
The refurbishment procedure will also involve the sifting and review of component parts to maximise stock recycling. The work requires a high degree of flexibility and focus on production targets, whilst maintaining quality standards.
• Post-design services that provides drawing and manufacturing services to ensure policy compliant movement of ammunition for training and operations.
• To provide fixed annual deliveries for the supply of 1 814 kg NATO standard MEXE pallets for an annual allocation. To meet the MOD’s requirement.
• To provide pallet trays, top (SV3512), middle (SV3513) and bottom (SV3514) to meet DGM and defence munitions (DM) requirement of each tray per annum. Pallet Trays are mandated in Def Stan 00-814 as an essential, integral, safety component utilised in the transportation of H83 and M2A1 ammunition containers, the most commonly used ammunition containers by UK MOD. The purpose of the trays is to prevent any movement of individual ammunition containers on NATO 2 tonne pallets during transit.
• A full programme of recycling of surplus and obsolete materiel in line with UK Government policy of reducing landfill waste and incorporating ‘closed loop’ sustainability (except for metal waste, which falls under the remit of Defence Equipment and Sales Agency (DESA) responsibility).
• Provide seals (currently utilising TIK) to enable Front Line Command (FLC) to comply with the sealing of explosives packaging as mandated in JSP 762 Pt 2 (V8.0 Sep 18) and JSP 482 Ch13.
• When required the procurement of new materiel to meet DGM packaging needs and which will offer the authority a best value for money supply solution.
• the annual refurbishment of a large quantity of (approximately 200 000 to 350 000) assorted ammunition containers to predefined standards. There are around 50 different container types requiring refurbishment and a considerably larger quantity of internal and external packaging materiel. Typically, these range from the H84 ammunition container (280 x 83 x 74 mm) to the L19 unit load (1 020 x 1 195 x 1 350 mm) container and component part materials include steel, aluminium, polythene, polyethylene, polystyrene, cardboard and wood. The active process for each container will be:
The refurbishment procedure will also involve the sifting and review of component parts to maximise stock recycling. The work requires a high degree of flexibility and focus on production targets, whilst maintaining quality standards.
• Post-design services that provides drawing and manufacturing services to ensure policy compliant movement of ammunition for training and operations.
• To provide fixed annual deliveries for the supply of 1 814 kg NATO standard MEXE pallets for an annual allocation. To meet the MOD’s requirement.
• To provide pallet trays, top (SV3512), middle (SV3513) and bottom (SV3514) to meet DGM and defence munitions (DM) requirement of each tray per annum. Pallet Trays are mandated in Def Stan 00-814 as an essential, integral, safety component utilised in the transportation of H83 and M2A1 ammunition containers, the most commonly used ammunition containers by UK MOD. The purpose of the trays is to prevent any movement of individual ammunition containers on NATO 2 tonne pallets during transit.
• A full programme of recycling of surplus and obsolete materiel in line with UK Government policy of reducing landfill waste and incorporating ‘closed loop’ sustainability (except for metal waste, which falls under the remit of Defence Equipment and Sales Agency (DESA) responsibility).

Eligibility requirements: The estimated annual contract value is GBP 4.5 million. If the estimated annual contract value is greater than ‘40%’ of the supplier’s turnover, the authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, for example such evidence may include: 1) any additional information proving it has sufficient economic and financial resources to deliver the requirement; and 2) stating whether the supplier is willing to provide the Authority with an indemnity, guarantee or bank bond. A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier’s financial status. An overall pass/fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the parent company where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation may be utilised as part of this process.
(b) a list of works carried out over the past 5 years together with (unless the contracting authority specifies that the following certificate should be submitted direct to the contracting authority by the person certifying) certificates of satisfactory completion for the most important of those works indicating in each case: (i) the value of the consideration received; (ii) when and where the work or works were carried out; and (iii) specifying whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed. See DPQQ document attached.