Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood, #1216 Maple 0C
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
DESCEO-DP-PDP-S@mod.gov.uk
For the attention of
Sarah Britten
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the above mentioned contact point(s)
Section two: Object
two.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
DE&S Project Delivery Partner
two.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance
UK
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
DE&S maintains a strategic workforce capable of managing the acquisition and through-life support of Defence Materiel on behalf of the MOD Front Line Commands and MOD Main. The workforce is, by design, a carefully blended mix of Military, Civilian and Contingent Labour working together within integrated teams to deliver key Defence outputs.
An extant framework has provided hundreds of Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person (SQEP) resources in the Project Delivery and Integrated Logistics functions within DE&S over the course of the contract.
There is an ongoing need for DE&S and wider MOD Organisations to have continuing access to both contingent labour and specific tasking support, therefore DE&S is considering options for the framework agreement and developing its strategy for the future procurement.
As we move into the next phase it is the perfect time for the Authority to discuss with industry its preliminary requirements, with a view to gaining a better understanding of new technologies on offer, and on how the government’s SME agenda can be facilitated, to inform our future procurement strategy.
An Industry Day is being planned for 29 November 2022 at which DE&S will develop themes from an earlier Market Day in February 2022 and subsequent RFIs In addition, the Authority seeks to enhance:
• general understanding of the potential supply base in the market;
• associated lessons learnt, risks, issues, opportunities and benefits;
• opportunities to enhance effectiveness and/or efficiency based on their experience in the UK Defence or allied nation's supply chain;
• latest industry products, services and capabilities that could meet the requirement;
• gather and/or validate market intelligence.
The supplier forum will be held at Ashton Gate Conference Centre, Ashton Road, Bristol BS3 2EJ,
The agenda will include presentations from the Director Programmes and Change, and Head of the I-Log Function at DE&S, together with input regarding the Authority’s SME Action Plan. There will be an opportunity to network at the venue.
Depending upon the level of interest it is hoped that there will be an opportunity for direct discussion with Authority personnel, with individual tables set out at the venue in an open and transparent way. Given the anticipated level of interest it is likely that the extent of this will depend upon numbers of attendees, and to ensure fairness any questions asked will, unless stated in advance to be commercially sensitive to the company in question, be provided with answers to be shared with all delegates subsequently.
To assist with planning, and in order that the practicality of the open discussions can be gauged please register your interest in attending the Industry Day to the group mailbox DESCEO-DP-PDP-S@mod.gov.uk by 15/11/22. Delegates may be restricted to one per company. The session will run from approximately 0900-1200 and mid-morning refreshments will be provided.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between £500,000,000 and £1,200,000,000
two.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work
Additional CPV code(s)
- 71242000 - Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
- 71244000 - Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs
- 75221000 - Military defence services
- 79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work
- 79421100 - Project-supervision services other than for construction work
- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
two.6) Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract
Scheduled date for start of award procedures: 1 December 2023
Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)
two.7) Additional information
2 x 12 months Option years to be included
Section four: Procedure
four.1) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Notice number: 2022/S 000-001940 of 21 January 2022
Section six: Complementary information
six.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
six.2) 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.