Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Army Commercial, Ground Floor, Blenheim Building, Army HQ, Marlborough Lines
Andover
SP11 8HT
For the attention of
Frendo Rebecca
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority/entity
Electronic access to information
https://www.contracts.mod.uk/go/27328318018171E4F6B7
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate
https://www.contracts.mod.uk/go/27328318018171E4F6B7
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.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
Project NUMIDIAN
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 20: Training and simulation services in the fields of defence and security
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
To provide professional, agile and responsive support to the design, planning, delivery and improvement of training across all Training Levels and Environments. This support will incorporate the provision of Contemporary Operating Environmental FORce (COEFOR), Opposition FORce (OPFOR), Hi-Fidelity Casualty Simulation (CASSIM), EXCON (Exercise Control), production of Operational Staff Work (OSW) and Exercise Scenario writing and Senior Mentoring services. To ensure the training audience is exposed to hybrid, contemporary threats and are sufficiently challenged
two.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 75220000 - Defence services
Additional CPV code(s)
- 80000000 - Education and training services
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.2.2) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of these options: 2 x 12 month options
two.2.3) Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
two.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions relating to the contract
three.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them
Potential Providers must note the mandatory requirement for electronic trading using the Contracting, Purchasing & Finance (CP&F) electronic trading tool. All payments for deliverables under the contract shall only be made via CP&F. Details can be found at
three.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
In the event of a group provider submitting an acceptable offer, the MoD reserves the right to require the group of bidders to take a legal form or require one bidder to take Prime Contractor responsibility or to require that each member of the group undertakes joint and severable liability for the performance of the agreement and any call-off made under it.
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
three.1.5) Information about security clearance
Candidates which do not yet hold security clearance may obtain such clearance until: 14 June 2023
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: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
2. Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
3. Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
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: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
2. Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
3. Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
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: Economic and financial standing will be assessed- more can be seen within the DPQQ questions on the qualification envelope
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: as per the DPQQ
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 and financial standing will be assessed- more can be seen within the DPQQ questions on the qualification envelope
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: as per the DPQQ
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: Technical ability will be accessed as part of this DPQQ. The questions can be found within the DPQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: A minimum score of xx is required, out of a possible 80. Further details of each minimum score can be found uploaded onto the DSP under technical ability
Section four: Procedure
four.1) Type of procedure
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted
four.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 2 and maximum number 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: During the PQQ stage, the intention is to arrive at a Short List of up to 5 qualified Potential Providers for formal invitation to tender as applicable to the procurement process against the requirement.
The criteria applied for the selection of tenderers are:
a. the mandatory and discretionary grounds for exclusion relating to the personal situation of the Potential Provider (see Part 1 Forms B and C);
b. any minimum levels of economic or financial standing or technical or professional ability that the Authority requires (which must be related and proportionate to the subject matter of the contract);
c. the objective and non-discriminatory selection criteria used to reduce the number of Potential Providers to the minimum stated above; and
d. any scoring methodology (e.g. marks and weightings) used to evaluate the returned PQQs.
Please refer to the PQQ for full selection criteria.
The highest scoring Potential Providers (minimum of two (2) and a maximum of five (5)), who have passed all PASS/FAIL questions will be taken through to ITT stage.
The Authority will advise who has been invited to tender for the contract.
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.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
22 July 2022 - 12:00pm
four.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
15 August 2022
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 intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.