PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE FOR CONTRACT IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY - OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority / Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

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

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity

Operational Support Capability Contract (OSCC).

II.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

II.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.4)

Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services

The Authority is conducting a market interest day that aims to provide early notification of Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ’s) intent to commence a procurement procedure for the re-tender of the Operational Support Capability Contract (OSCC). The current OSCC contract has been in place since 2016 which encompasses 2 contractual years and 2 option years. It provides the PJHQ with a rapid contracting capability to support emergent and urgent operational requirements. It is designed to be an agile contract offering a broad range of goods and services including, but not exclusively infrastructure, facility management, real life support services, logistic support and equipment procurement solutions. The future contract is intended to be a Framework contract with a minimum of 2 suppliers.

The Authority is looking for interested bidders with the ability to deliver the broad range of goods and services required worldwide, in potentially challenging and austere environments (benign and non-benign) whilst meeting rapid deadlines and the security classification for the operational environment in question. Due to the very nature of this contingent capability, the contract will be very reactive and unpredictable in demand to meet the ever-changing operational landscape.

The Authority will provide an outline of the key user requirements of the intended contract during the presentation. The proposed procurement procedure is aimed at selecting several successful bidders that will form a pool of pre-qualified contractors that can then compete and bid for individual task as they arise under the intended OSCC framework. The contract will also have the ability to let requirements single source with pre-approved contractors under this framework as needs may arise. The contract is being considered for let under DSPCR2011 regulations for a duration of 2 to 5 years. Interested parties must be aware that this contract will require contractors to deploy into operational theatres and as such will need to meet the requirements and processes as directed by the Authority to do so.

II.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.6)

Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract

II.7)

Additional information

The market interest day will be delivered at the permanent joint headquarters on the 27.6.2019. Access to this location is restricted and so all interested parties must contact the organiser (JFC-Comrcl-Ops@mod.gov.uk) by Thu 13.6.19 to register their intention to attend in order to gain access to the restricted site. Please clearly state Pre- Market Engagement Day OSCC in the subject field of the email, and please provide attendees full legal name, date of birth, nationality and any security vetting held. If travelling by car, please also include your vehicles registration details. Further details on the location and access will be distributed to those attending closer to the date. Space is limited, and so bidders should be aware that depending on market interest, attendance on the Industry will be limited to 1 or 2 individuals per organisation.

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 regulating them

III.2)

Conditions for participation

III.2.1)

Reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by 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.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

Advertising 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-2019522-DCB-14920319

VI.3)

Information on general regulatory framework

VI.4)

Date of dispatch of this notice