Tender

Procurement of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

  • MHC Team

F17: Contract notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-006344

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02a03a

Published 29 March 2021, 12:32pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

MHC Team

Birch 2B, MOD, Abbey Wood

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Contact

Mr David HAYWARD

Email(s)

david.hayward104@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3001587781

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority/entity

https://des.mod.uk/

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

Procurement of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

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)

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. Procurement of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for the MMCM program.

two.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 35512400 - Unmanned underwater vehicles

two.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

two.2.1) Total quantity or scope

Estimated value excluding VAT:

Range: between £20,000,000 and £30,000,000

two.2.2) Information about options

Options: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions relating to the contract

three.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required

N/A

three.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them

Details in PQQ guidance document.

three.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

N/A

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

Details in PQQ guidance document.

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: Details in PQQ guidance document.

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: Details in PQQ guidance document.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Details in PQQ guidance document.

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: Details in PQQ guidance document.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Details in PQQ guidance document.

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: Details in PQQ guidance document.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Details in PQQ guidance document.

Criteria regarding the technical and/or professional ability of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection)

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Details in PQQ guidance document.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Details in PQQ guidance document.


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

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Information in PQQ guidance document.

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

700797369

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: 22 April 2021 - 12:00pm

Payable documents: no

four.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

26 April 2021 - 12:00pm

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.Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.

The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://www.dcocontracts.mod.uk/delta. You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.

Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: 842F6TQU79. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.

The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 26/04/2021 12:00. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.

If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing - support@dcocontracts.mod.uk or call 0800 282 324. GO Reference: GO-2021329-DCB-18003069

six.4) Procedures for appeal

six.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

MHC Team

Birch 2B #3229, Mod, Abbey Wood

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Email(s)

david.hayward104@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3001587781

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://des.mod.uk/

six.4.1) Body responsible for mediation procedures

MHC Team

Birch 2B #3229, MOD, Abbey Wood

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Email(s)

david.hayward104@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3001587781

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://des.mod.uk/

six.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

MHC Team

Bristol

Email(s)

david.hayward104@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3001587781

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://des.mod.uk/