Tender

Provision of a Prosecution Witness Support Service to the SPA

  • Ministry of Defence

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-016159

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03d464

Published 7 June 2023, 2:44pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Kentigern House

Glasgow

Email

Iain.McLean118@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at

https://www.contracts.mod.uk/esop/toolkit/notice/edit.do?noticeId=1221910&viewPage=1#fh

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

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

Provision of a Prosecution Witness Support Service to the SPA

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

1. The Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) is the principal prosecuting authority within the Service Justice System and is responsible for the consideration and, where necessary, prosecution of service offences before the Service Courts, which include, the Court Martial, the Court Martial Appeal Court, the Service Civilian Court and the Summary Appeal Court. This includes responsibility for providing a witness support service at each of the permanent or ad hoc Military Court Centres (MCCs). The provision of a witness support service enables witnesses and victims to deal with the experience of attending court and giving evidence.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £183,000

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

1. The Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) is the principal prosecuting authority within the Service Justice System and is responsible for the consideration and, where necessary, prosecution of service offences before the Service Courts, which include, the Court Martial, the Court Martial Appeal Court, the Service Civilian Court and the Summary Appeal Court. This includes responsibility for providing a witness support service at each of the permanent or ad hoc Military Court Centres (MCCs). The provision of a witness support service enables witnesses and victims to deal with the experience of attending court and giving evidence.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

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

Contract likely to be re-tendered at end of contract period

two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 3

Maximum number: 8

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

PQQ evaluation

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

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


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

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

6 July 2023

Local time

10:00am

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

Interested Parties must complete PQQ "708105450 PQQ" on the Defence Sourcing Portal before the closing date. No other methods of Expression of Interest will be acceptable.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Head Office Commercial, Ministry of Defence

Glasgow

Country

United Kingdom