Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Other
Abbey Wood, Spruce 0B
For the attention of: Mr Darren Brice-Taylor
BS34 8JH Bristol
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1179182968
E-mail: MTU/QE48TihLMzwoPmpobV5nLFw7aGpfKXBm
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority/entity: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Other
Defence Equipment and Support, Spruce 0B, MP#1007, MOD Abbey Wood South
Contact point(s): Darren Brice-Taylor
BS34 8JH Bristol
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 03067987387
E-mail: MTRAQU89TylMND0pP2tpbl9oLV08aWtgKnFn
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)Main activity
Defence
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Airworthiness, Safety & Logistic Technical Support for P-8A Aircraft.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Bristol, City of.
NUTS code UKK11
II.1.3)Information on framework agreement
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 24
Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds seven years: N/a.
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 000 000 and 4 100 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Technical support services. An enabling contract is required to provide technical support to a multi-disciplined team based at MOD Abbey Wood responsible for delivery of the P8-A Poseidon into UK Service including all supporting activities. In order to support the delivery of the first UK P-8A in April 2019 the P-8A DT requires access to technical specialists across the full range of aeronautical engineering disciplines. These specialists will work alongside the P-8A DT to:
— Provide Independent Technical Evaluation of various artefacts produced by the P-8A DT, NAVAIR and other 3rd party suppliers.
— Generate aircraft and weapons certification products.
— Deliver artefacts in support of Release to Service recommendations.
— Operational Test and Evaluation Support.
— Generate structural, systems and propulsion integrity products and processes.
— Develop safety artefacts including: hazard logs, safety analyses, air-system hazard analyses, equipment safety assessments and safety assessment reports.
— Generate MRP compliance evidence and alternative acceptable means of compliance, where applicable.
— Produce a UK centric Air-system Document Set for the P-8A.
— Support the development of 1 Group continuing airworthiness products.
— Develop configuration control artefacts and processes.
— Deliver integrated logistics support artefacts and processes.
— Engage with 1 Group to support the provision of RAF engineering training.
The duration of the contract will be two years, with options to extend for two further one-year extensions. Tasks will be individually priced using agreed firm daily rates. The total volume requirement is expected to equate to around fifteen man-years of effort per year.
Relevant dates:
Deadline for Expression of Interest and attached DPQQ: 23.5.2017
Proposed/estimated ITT issue date: 29.5.2017
Proposed/estimated ITT return date: 4.7.2017
Proposed/estimated Contract award date: 29.7.2017.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)Information about subcontracting
The tenderer has to indicate in the tender any share of the contract it may intend to subcontract to third parties and any proposed subcontractor, as well as the subject-matter of the subcontracts for which they are proposed
The tenderer has to indicate any change occurring at the level of subcontractors during the execution of the contract
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
The services is proposed/estimated between Oct 17 and Sep 19 (24 Months). This represents the period of the programme up to the delivery of the first UK P-8A. There is a further requirement from Oct 19 to support the continuing delivery of the further P-8A to the UK and the transition from procurement to in-service support. To achieve this it is proposed to extend the contact for a further 2 option periods of 1 year each, with the agreement of both the Authority and the Potential Provider.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 000 000 and 8 100 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of these options: The services is proposed/estimated between Oct 17 and Sep 19 (24 Months). This represents the period of the programme up to the delivery of the first UK P-8A. There is a further requirement from Oct 19 to support the continuing delivery of the further P-8A to the UK and the transition from procurement to in-service support. To achieve this it is proposed to extend the contact for a further 2 option periods of 1 year each, with the agreement of both the Authority and the Potential Provider.
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
To be Determined at Tender Phase if applicable.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
To be Determined at Tender Phase.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
To be Determined at Tender Phase if applicable.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject, in particular with regard to security of supply and security of information:
To be Determined at Tender Phase.
III.1.5)Information about security clearance:
Candidates which do not yet hold security clearance may obtain such clearance until: 1.10.2017
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation
Criteria regarding the personal situation of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 39(2) of Directive 2009/81/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the DSPCR 2011) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#dspr
Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 39(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest (including defence and security factors) for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 39(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical and/or professional capacity
Criteria regarding the technical and/or professional ability of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(b) a list of works carried out over the past five 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
(d) a statement of the technicians or technical services available to the economic operator to: (i) carry out the work under the contract, or (ii) be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract, particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the economic operator
(l) certification by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence, attesting that the goods to be purchased or hired under the contract conform to standards and technical specifications (within the meaning of regulation 12(1)) identified by the contracting authority
(m) in the case of contracts involving, entailing or containing classified information, evidence of the ability to process, store and transmit such information at the level of protection required by the contracting authority
(n) a certificate: (i) attesting conformity to quality management systems standards based on the relevant European standard; and (ii) from an independent accredited body established in any member State conforming to the European standards concerning accreditation and certification
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Criteria regarding the technical and/or professional ability of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Assessment Criteria
Evaluation of the DPQQ will be scored by multiplying the weighted value against the following scoring criteria for each project question.
Pass / Fail
or
0 — No Answer
1 — Poor
2 — Satisfactory
3 — Good
4 — Very good
5 — Excellent.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Interested suppliers are required to complete the PQQ to provide information that allows the Authority to evaluate the supplier's capacities and capabilities against the selection criteria.The Authority will use the DPQQ response to create a shortlist of potential providers who:
(1) are eligible to participate;
(2) fulfil any minimum standards;
(3) Pass the Pass/Fail questions in the DPQQ; and
(4) Achieve one of the top 6 scores in the DPQQ. Potential Providers will be given a score for the DPQQ where they wish to express an interest and those with the top 6 scores will be taken to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage of this procurement. There is no minimum score.
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
MMA/0005
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
23.5.2017 - 17:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
29.5.2017
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information:
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.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
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VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Other
Abbey Wood
BS34 8JH Bristol
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1179132548
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Other
Abbey Wood
BS34 8JH Bristol
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1179132548
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Other
Abbey Wood
BS34 8JH Bristol
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1179132548
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
20.4.2017