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Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2020/S 249-622828/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Restricted procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Services
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA)
Building C16, C Site, Ploughley Road, Arncott
Bicester
Postal code: OX25 2LD
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 3001656194
Email: DESLD-DESA-Commercial@mod.gov.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-equipment-sales-authority
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: The above mentioned contact point(s)
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/entity: Compliant Disposal of MOD Scrap Metal and Redundant Assets
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services
Service category No 3: Air transport services of passengers and freight, except transport of mail
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: UNITED KINGDOM.
Nuts code:
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
II.1.5) Short description of the specific contract:Refuse and waste related services. Refuse and waste related services. Compliant disposal of MOD scrap metal and redundant assets covering Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Throughput value is approximately GBP 6.27 million over 4 years with an additional 3 x 1-year options.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 90500000,
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
II.1.8) Lots:

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:
Lot 1: Provision of a disposal service for the contractor to manage and supply skips, Roll on Roll Off (RoRo) containers, flatbeds, or bulker lorries or other transportation medium identified from the outset of each individual routine task.
Lot 2: A service to be provided by the contractor to manage the recovery, collection, storage and disposal of redundant MOD Scrap Metal Assets and material. The authority’s definition of redundant assets is the collection and recovery of metal equipment and materiel that are assets or structures that may need to be deconstructed or taken apart onsite prior to transporting, this may include wide loads, over 2.89 million, loading equipment where a unit or establishment is unable to load the assets onto a suitable vehicle, or a specialised vehicle.
With regards to lots 1 and 2 the contracts may be required to handle and disposal of classified and/or sensitive items such as assets subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Attractive to Criminals and Terrorist Organisations (ACTO).
Estimated value excluding VAT:
6 270 000 GBP
II.2.2) Information about options:
Options: yes
3 x 1-year options.
II.2.3) Information about renewals:
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:
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Electronic payment using CP&F.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4) Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2) Conditions for participation
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
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 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

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As outlined in pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As outlined in pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).
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:
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
Envisaged minimum number: 3 and maximum number 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
PQQ.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2) 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

IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity
701039382
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Prior information notice
Notice number in the OJEU:2020/S 145-358209of27.07.2020
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: Yes
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
27.01.2021 – 17:00
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
EN
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
In days:
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening of tenders

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.

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VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Ministry of Defence
Abbeywood
Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 3001656194
Email: DESLD-DESA-Commercial@mod.gov.uk
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Ministry of Defence
Abbeywood
Bristol
Postal code: BH34 8JH
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 3001656194
Email: DESLD-DESA-Commercial@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA)
Building C16, C Site, Ploughley Road, Arncott
Bicester
Postal code: OX25 2LD
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 3001656194
Email: DESLD-DESA-Commercial@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
17.12.2020