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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-004958/EN)
Nature of contract:
Procedure: Not applicable

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbeywood
Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
United Kingdom
For the attention of: Julia Kellett
Email: julia.kellett141@mod.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: 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) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
706712450 – A400 Part Task Trainers & Training Loads Maintenance and Support Contract
II.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
SERVICES
Service category: Air transport services of passengers and freight, except transport of mail
II.3) Information on framework agreement
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement:NO
II.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
There is an essential requirement for the provision of preventative, corrective and core maintenance together with post design support for the PTTs and Training Loads; to become the Design Authority (DA) in order to rebaseline the devices in line with current aircraft specification and required serviceability; update drawings and manage configuration control; modify the equipment to reflect changes to the aircraft/training requirements including upcoming modifications; potentially reverse engineer any incomplete data packs and provide minor modifications to other relevant A400M synthetic training equipment on an ad-hoc basis.
The estimated value of the Contract which will include any Options and PDS Tasking required is £3,500,000.00
The estimated contract duration is 5+1 years from Contract Award.
The estimated Contract Award date is February 2024
Market Interest Day
A Market Interest Day for the Requirement is planned for 11 April 2023 at RAF Brize Norton from 10.00 – 15.00. Please refer to document titled: ‘20230217-706712450-A400_PTTs-PIN-Market_Interest_Day-O’ for more information
Indicative Procurement Timelines
The anticipated key dates for this procurement are as follows:
Issue Contract Notice and DPQQ: May 2023
Issue ITN: August 2023
Contract Award: January/February 2024
Lots: The contract is divided into lots: No
II.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
50650000
II.6) Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract
Scheduled date for start of award procedures: 2.2.2024
II.7) Additional information:
For further details see:

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.2) Conditions for participation
III.2.1) Information about reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no.
VI.2) Additional information
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
VI.3) Information on general regulatory framework
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice: 17.2.2023