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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: IRM21/7574 – The Repair and Calibration of General Purpose testing & Measuring Equipment (GPTME)
2. Awarding Authority:
Ministry of Defence
Building B15, MOD Donnington

Telford
England
TF2 8JT
Contact:
Email: sally-anne.cox@babcockinternational.com
Phone:
URL:
3. Contract Type: Services
4. Description: **This Notice is for Transparency Purposes Only**
Babcock Land Defence Limited acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence ("the Authority”) has under consideration a 3-year Framework Agreement, for the Calibration & Repair of General-Purpose Testing and Measuring Equipment (GPTME) currently in service in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The requirement is split into 7 lots:
Lot 1 – The Repair and Calibration of Amplifiers, Attenuators & Filters, Bridges & Calibrators, EMC, ESD, Probes & Radiological, Logic & Network Analysers
Lot 2 – The Calibration and Repair of Oscilloscopes, Pulse Generators & Timers, Frequency, Modulation Meters, Directional Couplers & Power, Signal Analysers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analysers & Waveform Analyser
Lot 3 – The Calibration and Repair of Insulation testers, Potentiometers, RCD & Portable Appliance testers, Clamps & Multimeters, Capacitance, Resistance Meters & Voltage Standards
Lot 4 – The Repair and Calibration of Distortion meters, Measuring Receiver, Radio Test Sets & Antenna
Lot 5 – Removed due to the absence of sufficient pre-qualified bidders
Lot 6 – Removed due to the absence of sufficient pre-qualified bidders
Lot 7 – The Repair and Calibration of Dimensional, Force & hardness, Torque and Pressure Items
Lot 8 – The Repair and Calibration of Acoustics, Synchro Test Set, Humidity & Temperature and Tachometer Items
Lot 9 – The repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items

The successful contractor(s) will be required to calibrate/repair Articles to UKAS and/or OEM specifications and calibration standards identified with an accompanying Certificate of Calibration and/or Certificate of Conformance detailing results of any applicable output tests. The successful contractor will be required to supply all spares/components necessary to undertake the repair process.
The contract has an estimated value of £5.6 million (split accordingly over the 7 lots).
Each individual lot shall be awarded to the bidder who provides the Most Economically Advantageous commercially compliant tender(s) gaining the highest Weighted Vale for Money (VFM) index score. Weightings have been applied to the three areas under evaluation, and shall be as follows:

55% – Technical Capability
10% – Social Values
35% – Cost

The resulting contract shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality and shall include remedies for poor performance. The Authority shall award the Contract in accordance with the evaluation criteria which will be detailed in the Invitation To Tender
5. CPV Codes:
50433000 – Calibration services
50600000 – Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials
6. NUTS Codes: UKG21
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: West Midlands
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
tender_302367/1261692
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: £5,561,330 to £7,612,805
10. Start Date: 18/12/2023
11. End Date: 17/12/2026
12. Closing Date: 01/11/2023
13. Other Information:
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