Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Glasgow
Contact
Iain McLean
Telephone
+44 1412242681
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://www.contracts.mod.uk/esop/toolkit/notice/edit.do?noticeId=949931&viewPage=1#fh
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the following address:
Ministry Of Defence
Glasgow
Contact
Iain McLean
Telephone
+44 1412242681
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Mission Driven Entrepreneurship
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80430000 - Adult-education services at university level
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
s part of the Defence People Strategy and People Transformation agenda, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeks to improve its connections with society and increase its intellectual diversity through bringing together innovators, academia and the venture community to understand and better solve Defence problems, innovate at speed and rapidly deploy solutions that Defence needs. MOD also seeks the ability to source, translate and vet a number of Defence problems for experimentation in universities with groups of postgraduate students working on its problems over short periods of 10 weeks.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,325,500
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
As part of the Defence People Strategy and People Transformation agenda, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeks to improve its connections with society and increase its intellectual diversity through bringing together innovators, academia and the venture community to understand and better solve Defence problems, innovate at speed and rapidly deploy solutions that Defence needs. MOD also seeks the ability to source, translate and vet a number of Defence problems for experimentation in universities with groups of postgraduate students working on its problems over short periods of 10 weeks.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 60
Quality criterion - Name: Financial / Weighting: 40
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
Renewal will be conducted during Year 3 of Contract
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Maximum number: 4
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Through PQQ
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
This requirement will be conducted through Competitive Dialogue. It is envisaged that dialogue will take place though up to three phases during May-Jun 2021.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
four.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
10 May 2021
Local time
5:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
17 May 2021
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 31 August 2021
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Iain McLean
Glasgow
Country
United Kingdom