Supply of Universal Mounting Plates
Metalworking. The Force Protection Delivery Team (FPDT) has a possible future requirement for the manufacture of a large volume of Mounting Plates for electronic systems into military vehicles.
UK-Bristol: metalworking
2012/S 156-260694
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
Force Protection (FP), DE&S
Force Protection Delivery Team (FPDT), Yew 3c, #1349, MOD DE&S, Abbey Wood
Contact point(s): TRUST Commercial Manager
For the attention of: Richard Branch
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3067936763
E-mail: desfp-comm1@mod.uk
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)
Section II: Object of the contract
Purchase
NUTS code UKK11
FPDT seeks Expressions of Interest (E of I) from manufacturers who are able to demonstrate previous experience of manufacture of large volumes of steel equipment for use in a military environment. The volume of Mounting Plates required over a three month period shall be qty 7 860 units which shall be packaged to a commercial standard in 1 429 batches of five per box (qty7 145) and qty 715 individually packaged to a commercial standard and delivered carriage paid to DSDA Donnington.
The Contract shall be awarded following a Reverse Auction between Tenderers who meet the technical criteria stated within the ITT (see Additional Information) and who offer delivery/lead times which meet the Authority’s requirements.
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The Contract shall be awarded following a Reverse Auction between Tenderers who meet the technical criteria stated within the ITT (see Additional Information) and who offer delivery/lead times which meet the Authority’s requirements.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 210 000 GBP
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Description of particular conditions: Expressions of Interest are sought only from companies who have previous proven and demonstrable experience of producing and delivering high volumes of metalwork within promised lead-times without losing quality in high volume production. Companies interested in competing for the requirement must provide supporting information with their Expression of Interest but this shall be limited to no more than two sides of A4. Accreditation to BS EN ISO 9001 or equivalent is a prerequisite. Companies shall provide details of certificates of accredited Quality Management Systems (QMS); copies of the Company’s accreditation must be supplied with their Expression of Interest. If no such accreditation exists, Companies shall demonstrate how they operate such a QMS with their Expression of Interest.
Technical Proposals: The Applicant’s technical proposals to meet this requirement shall be requested as part of the ITT submission. The Authority reserves the right to reject a Tender if the Authority’s Project Manager determines he has no confidence in the Tenderer’s production methods or programme schedule.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#dspr.
Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
Expressions of Interests shall be submitted either by e-mail to desfp-comm1@mod.uk or in hard copy to the address shown in Section 1 above but must be received no later than the deadline for expressions of interest. Expressions of Interest shall be discounted if the requested information above is not provided by the deadline stated.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Accreditation to BS EN ISO 9001 or equivalent is a prerequisite. Companies shall provide details of certificates of accredited Quality Management Systems (QMS); copies of the Company’s accreditation must be supplied with their Expression of Interest. If no such accreditation exists, Companies shall demonstrate how they operate such a QMS with their Expression of Interest.
AQAP 2120 Edn 3, NATO Quality Assurance Requirements for Production may be required.
(i) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
(k) With regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards.
Section IV: Procedure
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: To meet UOR timescales in production.
Additional information about electronic auction: Yes. A Reverse Auction, conducted using electronic means, may be used as part of the procurement process for this requirement. Specific relevant information on Reverse Auction usage will be given in the Invitation to Tender.
Section VI: Complementary information
Transparency, Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations: Applicants should be aware that, should they be awarded any Contract, the content of the Contract will be published by the MOD to the general public in line with government policy set out in the Prime Minister’s letter of May 2010 (http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/statements-and-articles/2010/05/letter-to-government-departments-on-opening-up-data-51204).
Please note that ITT dates are provisional and subject to change.
Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2012810-DCB-4148415.
Force Protection (FP), DE&S
Yew 3c, #1349, Abbey Wood
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: desfp-comm1@mod.uk
Telephone: +44 3067936763