Engineering Support Tender

Defence Support Group (DSG), DSG Support Group
Flagstaff Road
For the attention of: Bob Hulbert
CO2 7SR Colchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1206816950
E-mail: bob.hulbert@dsg.mod.uk
Fax: +44 1206816935

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.dsg.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)

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

Defence

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

DSG (the Authority) are seeking expressions of interest from industry to provide UK wide Sub-Contracted Engineering support services for the Service, Maintenance and Repair, including statutory testing and certification of Vehicle fitted winch, Vehicle fitted cranes, Electrical Safety Checks (BS7671 / 17th Edition), Axle stands, Manual/Powered handling equipment, Generators, Powered engineering equipments. Plant equipment, breathing apparatus (Pure Air, Compressors)

Services
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services
NUTS code UK

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 500 000 and 2 000 000 GBP

Technical inspection and testing services. Technical testing services. Vehicle-mounted cranes. Repair and maintenance services of cranes. Repair and maintenance of plant. Repair and maintenance services. Repair and maintenance services of compressors. Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment. Repair and maintenance services of generators. Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services. The Authority is looking for UK wide Sub-Contracted engineering support services to undertake the Service, Maintenance and Repair, including statutory testing and certification of Vehicle fitted Winch’s and Cranes. Axle stands, Manual/Powered handling equipment, Generators, Powered engineering equipments, plant equipment and breathing apparatus (Pure Air, Compressors). Electrical Safety Checks (BS7671 / 17th Edition),
Transportation to/from MoD sites may be required. Work to be undertaken at contractors and government establishments throughout the United Kingdom. DSG will use Sub-Contractors when it is unable carry to out the tasks due to Geographical, Capacity or Capability restraints, these task are currently being carried out for the MoD by a number of Defence Contractors..
The Authority may wish to conduct a pre-qualification exercise to assist in the down selection of prospective Tenderers. The Authority’s pre-qualification criteria will be used to evaluate the company’s level of competence, experience and resources and will be used to limit the number of companies taken forward to Invitation to tender.
QA Standards or equivalent: The Contractor shall hold and maintain a certification to BS EN ISO 9001:2000/2008 or equivalent internationally recognised standard, OEM or customer approvals schemes may be considered
The announcement of a possible future requirement is not to be construed as confirmation that a tender/contract will subsequently be issued. The issue of a possible future requirement, or the issue of an Invitation to Tender, is not to be construed as a commitment by the Authority to place an order as a result of the tendering stage or at a later stage..
Any expenditure, work or effort prior to any contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgment of the potential supplier.
The Authority may choose to issue separate tenders for regions and/or packages of work within the UK if it can offer Better Value for Defence
Expressions of Interest should not exceed 2 A4 pages. Late expressions will not be considered
Further information on this requirement can also be obtained from Mr T Gillespie +44(0)1985223531 e-mail tom.gillespie@dsg.mod.uk

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The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

This contract is divided into lots: no

Variants will be accepted: no

DSG (the Authority) is unable to quantify the volume of work, however it anticipates the following tasks may be required:
The Inspection, Servicing, Statutory Testing and Repair and Certification of Vehicle fitted winch and cranes. Electrical Safety Checks (BS7671 / 17th Edition), Axle stands, Manual/Powered handling equipment, Generators, Powered engineering equipments. Plant equipment, breathing apparatus (Pure Air, Compressors), welding and re-spray including accident damage repair of equipment, to return the equipment to full task worthy condition at various locations UK wide. Equipments are to be repaired to “Serviceable not New” standard so that the repaired/refurbished systems fully meet the relevant performance specification. Supply of spare parts (which must be of original equipment manufacturer or equivalent supply) at a fair and reasonable trade price. Number of individual tasks /jobs estimated to be performed under this contract is between 600 to 1000 per annum
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 500 000 and 2 000 000 GBP

Options: no

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Parent company or bank guarantees may be required

Tenders are to be priced in Pound Sterling and payment will be made in Pound Sterling or any other currency adopted by the United Kingdom

No special legal form is required, but each supplier will be required to become jointly and severally responsible for the contract before acceptance

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
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.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established
(c) A statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator’s undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work
(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

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Restricted

Envisaged minimum number 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Will be as specified in the questions and weighting within Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire.

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

An electronic auction will be used: no

DSG/P/SC/0020

no

Payable documents: no

8.7.2013 – 12:00

English.