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Summary

OCID:: ocds-h6vhtk-03ddc1
Published by:: Unknown
Authority ID:: AA47308
Publication date:: 01 July 2023
Deadline date:: -
Notice type:: Contract Notice
Has documents:: No
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: N/A

Abstract

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE FOR CONTRACTS IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

Official Name: Ministry of Defence
Postal Address: MOD Abbey Wood, Ash 1C #3114, Bristol, BS34 8JH
Town: BRISTOL	Postal Code: BS34 8JH	Country: UK
For the attention of: Bulmer Sarah	Telephone:
E-Mail: Sarah.Bulmer490@mod.gov.uk	Fax:
General Address of the contracting authority (URL) https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence Address of the Buyers Profile (URL) Electronic access to information https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=56346

Further information can be obtained at:	As in above mentioned contact point(s) Other: Please complete Annex A.I
Specifications and further documents can be obtained at:	As in above mentioned contact point(s) Other: Please complete Annex A.II
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:	As in above mentioned contact point(s) Other: Please complete Annex A.III

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

	Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
	National or federal agency/Office
	Regional or local Authority
	Regional or local Agency/Office
	Body governed by public law
	European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

	General public services
	Defence
	Public order and safety
	Environment
	Economic and financial affairs
	Health
	Housing and community amenities
	Social protection
	Recreation, culture and religion
	Education

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

707250450 PEDT/0039 Submarine Mechanical and Secondary Steam Propulsion Equipment Support (SMASSES)

II.1.2)

Type of supplies contract

	Purchase
	Rent
	Lease
	Hire-purchase
	Combination of these

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Delivery predominantly to Portsmouth or Faslane. All deliveries to UK.

NUTS Code UK

II.1.3)

Information on framework agreement

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

	Framework agreement with a single operators
	Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Period in year(s): 3

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds seven years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 38500000.00 Currency: GBP

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

This competitive procurement seeks to award a Contract for the supply of spares and repairs in support of Submarine Mechanical and Secondary Steam Propulsion Equipment.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

	Main vocabulary	Supplementary vocabulary (when applicable)
Main object	35512000
Additional objects

35512100

35512200

35520000

35521000

II.1.7)

Information about subcontracting

	The tenderer has to indicate in the tender any share of the contract it may intend to subcontract to third parties and any proposed subcontractor, as well as the subject-matter of the subcontracts for which they are proposed.
	The tenderer has to indicate any change occurring at the level of subcontractors during the execution of the contract.
	The contracting authority/entity may oblige the successful tenderer to award all or certain subcontracts through the procedure set out in Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC.
	The successful tenderer is obliged to specify which part or parts of the contract it intends to subcontract beyond the required percentage and to indicate the subcontractors already identified.
	The successful tenderer is obliged to subcontract the following share of the contract through the procedure set out in Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC: minimum percentage: (%), maximum percentage: (%) of the value of the contract. (The maximum percentage may not exceed 30% of the value of the contract)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

This competitive procurement seeks to award a Contract for the supply of spares and repairs in support of Submarine Mechanical and Secondary Steam Propulsion Equipment. The Contract will include provision of:

• Procurement of Spares and Repairs

• Obsolescence Management

• Quality Management

• Project Documentation (e.g. Quality Management Plan)

• Risk Management

• Safety and Environmental Management

• Performance Monitoring and Reporting

• Helpdesk during business hours

The Contract shall allow for the provision of spares and repairs of equipment within scope of Submarine Mechanical and Secondary Steam Propulsion which shall include but not be limited to:

- Submarine Mechanical System and Ancillary Equipment and components which consists of both first level and non-first level equipment

- Secondary Steam Propulsion Equipment comprising the following Master equipments: Main Steam System Valves, Auxiliary Steam System Valves, Steam Drains & Gland Steam System Valves, Main Steam Turbines, Turbo Generators (Mechanical) and Steam & Feed Ancillary

The supply element of this Contract will consist of a firm demand plan and guaranteed orders spanning the first three years of the Agreement. This is anticipated to represent in the region of 70% in value of the total supply requirement. The balance of the supply element will be sought on a Request for Quotation basis.

The repair element of the Contract will include the provision of the ability to undertake strip and survey of capital spares within scope to facilitate the Authority’s decision to proceed with a repair, return or disposal.

The Contract will include the provision of Technical Services to be undertaken on a Tasking basis covering the following:

• Engineering SQEP to investigate defects reported in operational vessels

• Post Design Services relating to in scope equipment such as (e.g. safety assessments; trials; independent evaluations etc)

• Additional/expansion upon agreed obsolescence activity

II.2.2)

Information about options

The UK Ministry of Defence is seeking to award a three (3) year Contract for the provision of spares, repairs and post design services relating to Submarine Mechanical and Secondary Steam Equipment. The Contract will include two irrevocable one year Option periods to be taken entirely at the Authority's discretion and subject to continuation of requirement and satisfactory performance resulting in a potential total Contract duration of three plus one plus one (3+1+1) years.

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

II.2.3)

Information about renewals

Number of possible renewals:
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts:

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

To be determined by evaluation of financial and economic standing as set out in the Dynamic Pre Qualification Questionnaire

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.1.5)

Information about security clearance

Candidates which do not yet hold security clearance may obtain such clearance until:

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation

Criteria regarding the personal situation of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)

- Browse to the eSourcing Portal

- Click the “Click here to register” link

- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”

- Enter your correct business and user details

- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete

- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender

- Login to the portal with the username/password

- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)

- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.

- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.

- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)

- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box

3. Responding to the tender

- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)

- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification

- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ

- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)

If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

Criteria regarding the personal situation of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers (if applicable)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)

- Browse to the eSourcing Portal

- Click the “Click here to register” link

- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”

- Enter your correct business and user details

- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete

- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender

- Login to the portal with the username/password

- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)

- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.

- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.

- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)

- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box

3. Responding to the tender

- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)

- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification

- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ

- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)

If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial standing

Criteria regarding the economic and financial standing of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As set out at Annex A to SMASSES DPQQ Guidance and Instructions
Criteria regarding the economic and financial standing of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection) (if applicable)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

III.2.3)

Technical and/or professional capacity

Criteria regarding the technical and/or professional ability of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Prospective contractors are required to hold Quality Management System certification to ISO 9001 or suitable alternative, with the appropriate scope to deliver contract requirements, issued by a Nationally Accredited Certification Body. You will be required to provide a copy of the certificate(s) as directed by any Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) or Invitation to Tender (ITT) associated with this Notice, and in any event, the winning supplier will be required to provide it for review prior to contract award. The contractual condition for quality will be Allied Quality Assurance Publication (AQAP) 2105.

PASS/FAIL Criteria as set out in the Technical Envelope of the Defence Sourcing Portal and further explained in the SMASSES DPQQ Guidance and Instruction Document

Criteria regarding the technical and/or professional ability of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection) (if applicable)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

	The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
	The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of Procedure

	Restricted
	Accelerated restricted
	Negotiated
	Accelerated negotiated
	Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

A) Lowest Price No

B) The most economically advantageous tender in terms of:

B1) Criteria as stated in contract documents: Yes

B2) Criteria as stated below: No

Criteria

Weighting

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

707250450 PEDT/0039

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

	Prior Information Notice
	Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

Obtainable until

Price (where applicable) Currency:

Terms and method of payment:

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for requests to participate

31-7-2023 17:00

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Estimated date

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

Section VI: Complimentary Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

No

If yes, indicate the project/programme and any useful reference

VI.3)

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.

https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=56346

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

30-6-2023

SF 37

Coding

Commodity categories

ID	Title	Parent category
35512200	Attack submarine nuclear fuelled	Submarines
35521000	Hull and mechanical spare parts for warships	Parts for warships
35520000	Parts for warships	Warships and associated parts
35512100	Strategic submarine nuclear fuelled	Submarines
35512000	Submarines	Warships

Delivery locations

ID	Description
100	UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID	Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:: N/a
Admin contact:: N/a
Technical contact:: N/a
Other contact:: N/a

Further information

Date	Details
No further information has been uploaded.

707250450 PEDT/0039 Submarine Mechanical and Secondary Steam Propulsion Equipment Support (SMASSES)

Contents

Summary

Abstract

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE FOR CONTRACTS IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2)

Type of supplies contract

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

Information on framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds seven years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Information about subcontracting

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Information about options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

II.2.3)

Information about renewals

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 Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.1.5)

Information about security clearance

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation

III.2.2)

Economic and financial standing

III.2.3)

Technical and/or professional capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of Procedure

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: