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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2021/S 000-004816/EN)
Nature of contract:
Procedure: Not applicable
Regulation of procurement: Not applicable

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
DSG
I&RM, Bldg B15, MOD Donnington
TELFORD
Postal code: TF2 8JT
United Kingdom
Contact points(s): Carol Jones
For the attention of: Carol Jones
Phone: +44 1952967363
Email: carol.jones@babcockinterntional.com
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting 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: IRM20/7547 The supply of Electrical Consumables and Associated Items
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies
Type of supplies contract: Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Telford and Wrekin
Nuts code: UKG21
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:
Electronic and electrical spare parts for military vehicles. Babcock Land Defence Ltd – acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”) – has under consideration a 5 year with 1 x 2 year option Framework Agreement for the Supply of Electrical Consumables and Associated Items.
All items within the scope of this procurement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). All items must be supplied compliant to the drawings provided with the tender or supplied compliant to the information available on CSIS
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
The PQQ shall be assessed on DCO using the selection criteria given within the PQQ and within each question. It is the intention of the authority to down select and invite to tender only those economic operators who score 15 points or above on the PQQ and only those who provide all mandatory information and are not subject to any mandatory exclusion.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 35422000,
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:
The requirement will be split into 3 lots with the intention of awarding a Contract for each lot to a single operator
Lot 1 – Connectors and associated items
Lot 2 – Electrical Panels and associated items
Lot 3 – Electro Mechanical and associated items
Although the total value of the requirements over a 7 year period has an estimated value of between £6,000,000 – £10,000,000; no business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract that will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 6000000 and 10000000 GBP
II.2.2) Information about options:
Options: yes

1 x 2 Year Option

II.2.3) Information about renewals:
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

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:

Payment shall follow delivery and acceptance of goods

III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with Babcock Land Defence Ltd. Babcock Land Defence Ltd shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the Contract

III.1.4) Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions:
Babcock Land Defence Ltd 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 a Security Aspects Letter, Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter 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.

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
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

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
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:
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: 20 and maximum number 50
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

The selection criteria as detailed in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire shall prevail.
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.
Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code:
D42B7PJND9
. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.
The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 12/04/2021 12:00. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing – support@contracts.mod.uk or call 0800 282 324.
Interested suppliers are required to complete the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) to provide the Authority with information to evaluate the supplier’s capacity and capability against the selection criteria.
The Authority will use the DPQQ response to create a shortlist of tenderers who:
(1) are eligible to participate;
(2) fulfil any minimum economic, financial, professional and technical standards; and
(3) best meet, in terms of capacity and capability, the selection criteria set out in this notice and the DPQQ.
(4) It is the intention of the authority to down select and invite to tender only those economic operators who score 60% or above on the PQQ and only those who provide all mandatory information and are not subject to any mandatory exclusion.
Further details of the method for choosing the tenderers is set out in the DPQQ.

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
IRM20/7547
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Prior information notice
Notice number in the OJEU:2020/S 204-497671of15.10.2020
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

1
4
2021
12:00

Payable documents: Yes
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
12.4.2021 – 12:00
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
31.5.2021
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.

Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.dcocontracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2021310-DCB-17908933
VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
MOD Donnington
Telford
United Kingdom
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
MOD Donnington
Telford
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 19552967363
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
10.3.2021