Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes - Artillery Systems Programme
Cedar 2c #3260, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Janet Ellis
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3067939054
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority/entity
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from
The above-mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to
The above-mentioned contact point(s)
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
one.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities:
No
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Dismounted Joint Fires Integrator (D-JFI)
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Bristol, City of
NUTS code
- UKK11 - Bristol, City of
two.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance. The Artillery Systems Team, part of DE&S, ran a Competitive Negotiated Procedure under Regulation 18 of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 for the D-JFI Requirement.
The Army HQ Single Statement of User Need (SSUN) that DJFI will deliver against is: "The User shall be able to generate and communicate target information from a dismounted configuration to effector systems for integrate employment of joint precision and non-precision fires to achieve tactical success."
The main Users are dismounted Fire Support Teams (FST) and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC).
D-JFI is a Category B equipment procurement project, taking into account the through-life costs.
In issuing this Contract Notice and engaging with the Market, the Authority is not committing to carrying out any procurement in relation the requirement. If third parties are interested in engaging with the Authority in relation to the requirements they must do so without sharing information that is protected by copyright or patents.
As per the Defence Contract Notice and OJEU advert dated 16th December 2016, the Authority presented the D-JFI requirement to the market at an Industry Briefing Day on 17th January 2017 at Larkhill.
two.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 35720000 - Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance
two.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
two.1.8) Lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.9) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
two.2.1) Total quantity or scope
The Prime Integrator will be required to provide around 377 D-JFI systems in four configurations with three years associated support.
These figures are based upon the Land Fleet Requirement as stated in the Initial Gate Business Case and are currently under review and the final figures will be included in the Invitation to Negotiate.
It is expected that irrevocable contractual options may be required for support starting in 2022.
The scaling of support may vary through the life of the contract.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between £100,000,000 and £150,000,000
two.2.2) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.3) Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Number of possible renewals: 2
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions relating to the contract
three.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required
Deposits and guarantees may be required
three.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them
Financing restrictions apply
three.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Bidders must have a specified legal form
three.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject, in particular with regard to security of supply and security of 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
Information about security clearance:
At this stage, no requirement has been identified during the tendering process for security clearance to be obtained by tenderers, but the winning tenderers and elements of the supply chain will be required to hold valid security clearance at contract award. Interested parties are advised that the process for obtain security clearance can take several months.
three.1.5) Information about security clearance
Candidates which do not yet hold security clearance may obtain such clearance until: 10 December 2020
three.2) Conditions for participation
three.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:
Criteria regarding the personal situation of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The operator's personal situation may be considered.
three.2.2) Economic and financial ability
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:
Criteria regarding the economic and financial standing of subcontractors (that may lead to their exclusion)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Economic restrictions apply.
three.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:
Section four: Procedure
four.1) Type of procedure
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated
four.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged number of operators: 7
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: A Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) will be issued with criteria for down-selection.
four.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: yes
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
four.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
ARTYSYS/00260
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
four.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 15 January 2021 - 5:00pm
Payable documents: no
four.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
24 January 2021 - 5:00pm
four.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
26 January 2021
four.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English
Section six: Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
six.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.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-2021114-DCB-17639950
six.4) Procedures for appeal
six.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes - Artillery Systems Programme
Cedar 2c #3260, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3067939054
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.1) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes - Artillery Systems Programme
Cedar 2c #3260, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3067939054
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes - Artillery Systems Programme
Cedar 2c #3260, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3067939054
Country
United Kingdom