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

Section I: Contracting Authority / Entity

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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

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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

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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity

Delivery Partner for CSIS Trilateral Dialogues on Nuclear Issues

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

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This notice involves a framework agreement

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

UK Company and Sole UK National Citizens only

The European Trilateral Track 2 nuclear dialogues (Trilats) has convened senior nuclear policy experts from the P3 for the last 10 years to discuss nuclear deterrence, arms control and non-proliferation policy issues. The Defence nuclear organisation (DNO) is committed as one of the Trilat Partners to engage with these key policy discussions at an appropriately senior level.

DNO is seeking to compete the running of the UK side of the Trilats through open competition, to contract a delivery partner in the work on the Trilats.

Objective

The objective of this work is to contract a partner in the UK contribution to the Trilats, who can deliver strong outcomes for the UK in the Trilat arrangements which facilitate knowledge exchange, inform the development of UK policy and influence French and US thinking. This ensures that the UK's views and needs are fully represented and supported in their delivery of the UK's contribution to the Trilat arrangements.

The requirement is suitable for academic establishments, think tank organisations, etc.

Deliverables

The successful delivery partner will need to bring a high level of engagement and credibility to their work on the Trilats. They will be working on behalf of DNO and therefore they must be aware that the quality of their work must consistently enhance the reputation of DNO and the UK's nuclear deterrent policy in a senior international forum.

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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

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

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Additional information

UK Company and Sole UK National Citizens only

Due to security classifications this tender is only suitable for UK registered companies. Your application will be rejected if you do not meet the security criteria.

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

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Conditions relating to the contract

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Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

III.2)

Conditions for participation

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Reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary Information

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Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds

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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

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Go reference: GO-2019116-DCB-15546805

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Information on general regulatory framework

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Date of dispatch of this notice