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Type of document: Pre-information procedures
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 222-405314/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Weapons Support
#4115, Fir 1b, ABW
Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 3067983958
Email: DESWpnsDGM-Multiuser@mod.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
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:
DGM/1830 Multi Purpose Rounds.
II.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
SUPPLIES
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
UKK11
II.3) Information on framework agreement
II.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
The Authority has a possible future requirement to procure the following amounts of Multi Purpose Rounds for use within training and operational roles with the UK Armed Forces. First Delivery would be detailed in any contract. The potential contract will be fixed for five years, with exact figures discussed and provided in the preceding September.
Financial Year Rounds Required
MP MPT 4MP/1T MP/MPT/API
2017 / 2018 21,600 0 57,600 180,000
2018 / 2019 21,600 0 93,600 180,000
2019 / 2020 21,600 3,000 86,400 180,000
2020 / 2021 21,600 3,500 86,400 0
2021 / 2022 14,400 3,500 86,400 180,000
It is the Authority’s intention to remove all forms of Cobalt from In-Service Rounds; as such, a Solution free of Cobalt, including projectiles, will be looked upon favourably.
Should this requirement proceed, a Contract Notice will be published and you will be invited to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, which will be measured against selected criteria in terms of Commercial and Technical requirements.
The Technical requirement will be base lined against the current in-service model and user requirements and include questions regarding: Battlefield Effect; Terminal Effect; Climatic and Environment; Munition Sensitivity; System and Design Safety; Human Factors; Deployability; Training; Sustainment; Policy and Legal; Capability Resilience and Reliability.
The weighting will be released within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to denote Key User Requirements, Mandatory, Priority 1 and Priority 2 requirements. Evidence will be required to demonstrate the ammunition can meet the Authority’s requirements set. Any additional trials the Authority require to be undertaken will require sample ammunition to be supplied at the contractor’s cost.
On award of the Contract, the supplying contractor shall provide support to ensure full qualification and maintenance of this qualification throughout the duration of the Contract. This includes, but is not limited to, MOD Safe and Suitability for Service (S3) to assess the ammunition suitability with regard to the Manufacture to the Disposal sequence (MOD may terminate the Contract if any safety concerns become apparent) Any resultant munitions procured as a result of this Prior Information Notice will be subject to the relevant Quality Assurance Standards.
Lots: The contract is divided into lots: No
II.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
35331000
II.6) Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract
Scheduled date for start of award procedures: 1.5.2017
II.7) Additional information:
Contract Award by May 2017 with first delivery of these rounds to be made within the same Financial Year (2017). Duration of Contract is 5 years.

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
VI.2) Additional information
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. Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-20161115-DCB-9118751.
VI.3) Information on general regulatory framework
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice: 15.11.2016