Planning

Submarine Delivery Agency - Submarine Disposal Capability: Themed Supplier Engagements

  • Submarine Delivery Agency

F16: Prior information notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-025136

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03f71f

Published 25 August 2023, 2:30pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

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

Submarine Delivery Agency

Holderness House,51-61 Clifton Street

LONDON

EC2A4DW

Contact

Martin Hitchcox

Email(s)

Martin.Hitchcox100@MOD.GOV.UK

Telephone

+44 3001556557

Country

United Kingdom

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Further information

Further information can be obtained from 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


Section two: Object

two.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:

Submarine Delivery Agency - Submarine Disposal Capability: Themed Supplier Engagements

two.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Works

NUTS code

  • UK - United Kingdom

two.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services

The purpose of this PIN is to initiate market engagement. It is not being used as a call for competition. The PIN is intended as an information-gathering exercise.

The Government is committed to providing a safe, secure, sustainable, and cost-effective solution for the disposal of the UK's legacy, current and future out-of-service nuclear-powered submarines. In line with this, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has established the Submarine Disposal Capability (SDC) Project to conduct a strategic review of its Submarine Disposal Programme.

A Market Interest Day (MID) was held on 6 July 2023 which; introduced the Submarine Disposal Programme and the SDC project, highlighted the current challenges within them and identified opportunities for Industry.

Following the MID, the SDC project are hosting five themed engagement sessions, the details of which can be found in the Market Engagement Paper.

The purpose of the themed engagements is to provide Industry with an opportunity for Q&As and discussion around relevant topic areas listed above. These sessions shall also allow MOD to understand more about the current capability, and skills base and particular areas of interest

Lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 45111300 - Dismantling works

Section six: Complementary information

six.2) Additional information

How to apply

1) Complete the attached registration form and send a copy to the following email: sda-sdc@mod.gov.uk

2) Deadlines for each themed engagement session is detailed in the attached Market Engagement Paper

Note: Depending on interest, we may limit attendees per company. All attendees must be UK Nationals.

Please note that this is not a call for competition or a procurement exercise. This is an opportunity for the MOD to better understand the supplier market and for potential suppliers to provide feedback at a formative stage of the process.

To attend the event, you must complete the attached form (see link below) and send a copy to SDA-SDC@mod.gov.uk no later than the specified dates in the documents.

https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=56872