Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Bristol
BS348JH
Contact
Nicholas Harris
Telephone
+44 3001585639
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
701577419 - Army Special Operations Brigade Rifle Procurement and Support of an Armalite Rifle (AR) platform Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW) System, comprising Rifle and Optic.
Reference number
701577419
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 35321200 - Rifles
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Stage 1 - DPQQ Down Select of economic operators to be issued the ITT to be invited to tender AIW Systems (Rifle System and Optic System) for a place on the framework agreement.
Stage 2 - Up to a maximum of six (6) AIW Systems (Rifle Systems and Optic Systems) will be selected for which the economic operators shall be awarded tasks under the framework to supply and support the trial AIW systems
Stage 3 - All Economic operators that were awarded Tasking forms under the Framework agreement for the Authority to procured AIW systems under Stage 2 will be invited to participate in two mini competition under the framework for the Supply and Support of their AIW Systems (One mini competition for the Rifle system and one mini competition for the Optic) for a period of ten (10) years.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-017725
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
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II.2.1
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Stage 1 - DPQQ Down Select of economic operators to be issued the ITT to be invited to tender for a place on the framework agreement.
Stage 2 - Up to a maximum of six (6) economic operators shall be awarded tasks under the framework to supply and support the trial AIW systems.
All Economic operators that have successfully passed the DPQQ stage will be invited to submit a single bid under the framework agreement for the provision of a minimum quantity of 88 AIW systems up to a maximum quantity of 528 AIW systems depending on the number of economic operators.
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Stage 1 - DPQQ Down Select of economic operators to be issued the ITT to be invited to tender AIW Systems (Rifle System and Optic System) for a place on the framework agreement.
Stage 2 - Up to a maximum of six (6) AIW Systems (Rifle Systems and Optic Systems) will be selected for which the economic operators shall be awarded tasks under the framework to supply and support the trial AIW systems.
All economic operators that have successfully passed the DPQQ stage will be invited to submit bids under the framework agreement for the provision of a minimum quantity of 88 AIW systems up to a maximum quantity of 528 AIW systems depending on the number of acceptable AIW system variants offered to the Authority.
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IV.1.2
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Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
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The criteria stated in the DPQQ will be used to down select the number of potential economic operators to be taken forward to Stage 2. A maximum of six (6) economic operators from the evaluation, will be offered contracts from the Authority for the procurement & support of trial weapons.
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The criteria stated in the DPQQ will be used to down select the number of potential economic operators to be taken forward to Stage 2. A maximum of six (6) AIW System variants shall be taken forward and tasks awarded under the framework agreement to various economic operators to supply and support the trial AIW systems.
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II.1.5
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Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
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Stage 1 - DPQQ Down Select of economic operators to be issued the ITT to be invited to tender for a place on the framework agreement.
Stage 2 - Up to a maximum of six (6) economic operators shall be awarded tasks under the framework to supply and support the trial AIW systems
Stage 3 - All Economic operators that were awarded Tasking forms under the Framework agreement for the Authority to procured AIW systems under Stage 2 will be invited to participate in two mini competition under the framework for the Supply and Support of AIW Systems (One mini competition for the Rifle system and one mini competition for the Optic) for a period of ten (10) years.
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Stage 1 - DPQQ Down Select of economic operators to be issued the ITT to be invited to tender AIW Systems (Rifle System and Optic System) for a place on the framework agreement.
Stage 2 - Up to a maximum of six (6) AIW Systems (Rifle Systems and Optic Systems) will be selected for which the economic operators shall be awarded tasks under the framework to supply and support the trial AIW systems
Stage 3 - All Economic operators that were awarded Tasking forms under the Framework agreement for the Authority to procured AIW systems under Stage 2 will be invited to participate in two mini competition under the framework for the Supply and Support of their AIW Systems (One mini competition for the Rifle system and one mini competition for the Optic) for a period of ten (10) years.
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II.1.1
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701577419 - Army Special Operations Brigade Rifle
Procurement and Support of an Armalite Rifle (AR) platform Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW) System.
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701577419 - Army Special Operations Brigade Rifle
Procurement and Support of an Armalite Rifle (AR) platform Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW) System, comprising Rifle and Optic.