Provision of Independent Structural Airworthiness Advisor

Chinook Project Team, DE&S
Yew 1a, Abbey Wood
For the attention of: Sarah Mitchell
BS34 8HJ Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3067982829
E-mail: deschinook-comrcloffr4@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

CHC/517 – Provision of Independent Structural Airworthiness Advisor for Chinook and Puma2 Gazelle Project Teams.

Services
Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services
NUTS code UKK11

The notice involves a public contract

Technical services. Provision of Independent Structural Airworthiness Advisor for Chinook and Puma2 Gazelle Project Teams.

71356000

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

This contract is divided into lots: no

Variants will be accepted: no

The successful Tenderer will be expected to provide Independent Structural and Safety Airworthiness advice for MoD Helicopter platforms including Chinook and Puma/Gazelle.
The work will be contracted on a Tasking Basis. The range of work to be undertaken includes:
1. Core ISAA Support. Proactively engage with Chinook PT to allow an assessment of the Structural Integrity (SI) of the in-service, new buy and modification fleets to be established and to provide advice and guidance to the CHPTL during Structural and Systems Integrity Working Groups.
2. Provide ISAA support to the Chinook ODR programme, including meeting support and assessment of Boeing output and technical reviews.
3. Carry out a detailed technical review of Chinook rotor blade track and balance (RTB) procedures to compare balance standards achieved vis-à-vis historical RTB achieved. Provision of a report with recommended changes regarding achievement of improved RTB, with the aim of reducing the overall vibration environment for crews, passengers and aircraft systems.
4. Review and report upon Boeing produced structural qualification and analysis data for the Chinook Mk6 thereby enabling Boeing and the Chinook PT to develop a body of evidence which will support certification of the new buy aircraft.
5. Provide ISAA advice on the substantiation which supports the interim Certificate of Design for Chinook Mk6.
6. Core ISAA Support. Proactively engage with Puma and Gazelle EA staffs to allow an assessment of the SI of the in-service fleets to be established and sustained and to provide advice and guidance to the P2GPTL during Structural and Systems Integrity Working Groups.
a. Review in-service data and activities in order to assess Structural Integrity of in-service fleets.
b. Proactively engage in Structural and Systems Integrity Working Groups as ISAA to support Type Airworthiness Authority’s assessment of platform Structural Integrity.
7. Provide support to the Gazelle AH MK1 ODR Exemption Case, including review of the MDRE findings report and on-going analysis of monthly MF724 records.
8. Complete the Gazelle AH MK1 triennial SOIU review utilising MDRE and any other available usage, configuration and role data.
9. Provide specialist structures input and support to Puma Mk2 Def Stan 00-970 Compliance Assessment – Review output from other parties and provide specialist assessment where necessary.
Interested parties will be required to comply with the requirements of MAA Regulatory Article RA5720 Issue 2: “A competent individual, independent of the Designer, who carries out an independent technical evaluation of aircraft structures. They should have a first degree in an engineering discipline and prior experience of 5 years minimum in aircraft structures design, structures safety assessment for structures maintenance, relevant to aircraft types (as defined in MAA02 Master Glossary Issue 2) for which advice will be given.”
The successful Tenderer will need to have a Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA) in place with both the Chinook Helicopter Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) (Boeing) and the Puma/Gazelle OEM (Eurocopter), and will need to demonstrate security clearance to handle UK Restricted information.

Options: no

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Duration in months: 72 (from the award of the contract)

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:
(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking’s managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work.

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes

Restricted

Envisaged minimum number 1: and maximum number 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As stated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, if required.

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

CHC/517

no

Payable documents: no

19.6.2013 – 12:00

15.7.2013

English.