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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

Competitive Contract Notice

1. Title: GB-Bristol: Strategic Client Friend (SCF) Support Arrangement
2. Awarding Authority:
Defence Equipment and Support
Ship Acquisition, Innovation and Future Capability Team, Ash OC #3016, Abbey Wood, Filton, Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom
Tel. 07826527125, Email: DESShipsCSS-Comrcl-FSS-Group@mod.gov.uk
Contact: Cassandra Wilkins, Attn: Defence Equipment and Support
3. Contract Type: Services
Sub Type: Other services.

4. Description: Engineering services. The MOD Innovation and Future Capability team is seeking a Customer Friend to provide independent, specialist commercial experience of ship build and design to support semi-commercial shipping and semi-complex procurement.
5. CPV Codes:
71300000 – Engineering services.

6. NUTS Codes :
UKK1 – Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category C: 20M – 100M GBP
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 19/03/2021 23:00:00
11. Address to which they must be sent:
Not Provided

12. Other Information:
Other 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 indicative contract value of the overall programme is envisaged to be up to a maximum of £32M.

The contract duration is envisaged to be for a 3 year period with options for additional years.
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Suitable for VCO: No
Procedure Type:NEGOTIATED
Period of Work Start date: 21/06/2021
Period of Work End date: 21/06/2024
Is this a Framework Agreement?: no