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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-035292/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Restricted procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Babcock Land Defence Limited
Postal address: Building B15, MoD Donnington
Town: Telford
Postal code: TF2 8JT
Country: United Kingdom
Email: andrew.johnson1@babcockinternational.com
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.babcockinternational.com

I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:www.contracts.mod.uk
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:www.contracts.mod.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: IRM23/7640 – THE SUPPLY OF HAND TOOLS, POWER TOOLS, PNEUMATIC TOOLS & ASSOCIATED ITEMS

Reference number: IRM23/7640
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 44511000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: Babcock Land Defence Limited – acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”) has under consideration a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Hand Tools, Power Tools, Pneumatic Tools and Associated Items with a duration of 3 Years with 1 Option Year.
This Contract is intended to include circa 4k items identified as being in scope.
The advertised contract value is £60 million including the Option Year.
All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers and shall be informed of any required applicable compliance standards.
Tenderers shall be expected to provide items in accordance with designated Manufacturers/Supplier and Manufacturer’s Part Number (MPN).
The Contract shall be awarded to up to four (4) compliant Bidders who provide the most economically advantageous tender based on the basket of goods provided in Annex A to Schedule 2 – Price List and responses to the Social Values and Quality questions.
Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award (over and above those items envisaged to be added at Contract Award). Additional items will be added to resultant contract(s) following mini competitions between those Suppliers admitted to the framework(s) full details of how this will operate will be detailed within the tender documents.
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 Contractor shall hold and maintain UKAS Accredited ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent certification at no additional expense to the Authority. The Authority is to be informed within 10 working days of any changes to certification, including changes to scope of activity during this period.
The Authority shall award the Contract in accordance with the evaluation criteria which will be detailed in the Invitation To Tender (ITT).
Expressions of interest to participate in this requirement are to be submitted on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) by completing the PQQ. The PQQ shall be assessed on DSP using the selection criteria given within the PQQ and within each question. It is the intention of the authority to down select, economic operators who will be invited to tender, only those suppliers who provide all mandatory information and are not subject to a mandatory exclusion.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 60000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
This Contract is intended to be 3 years plus 1 option year in duration and to include circa of up to 4k
items identified as being in scope for the Supply of Hand Tools, Power Tools, Pneumatic Tools and Associated Items with an advertised contract
value of £60 million.
All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). Tenderers shall be
provided with NATO Stock Numbers and shall be informed of any required applicable compliance
standards.
Tenderers shall be expected to provide items in accordance with designated Manufacturers/Supplier and Manufacturer’s Part Number (MPN).
The Contract shall be awarded to up to four (4) compliant Bidders who provide the most economically advantageous tender based on the basket of goods provided in Annex A to Schedule 2 – Price List and responses to the Social Values and Quality questions.
Provided below are some examples of the types of items that may form part of this requirement.
The Authority reserve the right to remove any of these example NSNs from the tender, as the final list of
NSNs will be made available at the ITT stage.
5345992466307 DISK,ABRASIVE
5180993007538 TOOL KIT,FASTENER EXTRAC
7910251508839 CLEANER, VACUUM, PNEUMATIC:
5120999159228 TOOL CRIMPING
6060998735974 SPLICE
4940009961566 MIXER,LQD,REVOLVING HEAD
5120999106325 HANDLE,SOCKET WRENCH
5133991206576 DRILL,MASONRY,ROTARY
5120999106060 KEY,SOCKET HEAD SCREW
5180997888498 TOOL KIT,FASTNR EXTRACTN
5915998345156 POWER SMOOTHING UNIT
5140993028241 MOBILE WORK BENCH
5120001174563 DIE,CRIMPING TOOL
5120998920014 CRIMPING KIT,ELECTRICAL
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 60000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: 3 Years with 1 Option Year

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:4IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2024-01-12 Local time: 16:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date: 2024-01-26
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Babcock Land Defence Limited
Postal address: Building B15, MoD Donnington
Town: Telford
Postal code: TF2 8JT
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2023-11-30