Training Simulators Royal Navy

Maritime Combat Systems, DE&S
MOD Abbey Wood #3133 Birch 1c
Contact point(s): MCS 2c
For the attention of: William Kirkpatrick
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1179133457
E-mail: william.kirkpatrick132@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

Provision and Support of Submarine Escape, Rescue, Abandonment and Survival (Smeras) Training Capability.

Services
Service category No 27: Other services
NUTS code UKM31

The notice involves a public contract

Training simulators.

34152000

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

This contract is divided into lots: no

The Maritime Training Acquisition Organisation(MTAO) has a requirement for the development, design and provision of a SMERAS Training facility for the Royal Navy. The system shall be able to train individuals and teams in the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to prepare them to undertake any of the Escape, Rescue, Abandonment and Survival activities from a Disabled Submarine. Any solution must provide the training capability and a facility to house the training capability. Any solution is to be fully supported by appropriate courseware and Instructor guides.
The scope of this contract will include:
— design and provision of a new training capability hardware/software and lesson design in consultation with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs),
— provision of infrastructure facilities that may be required to provide the training,
— provision of an infrastructure facility to house the training capability,
— classroom design, provision of furniture and classroom conversion/fitting-out,
— training facility design for experiential training,
— possible on-site support and management for the above.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 5 000 000 and 10 000 000 GBP

Options: no

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Duration in months: 60 (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://project.contracts.mod.uk/businessExchange/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:
(a) a list of the works carried out over the past 5 years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: – where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, – where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser’s certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(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;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking’s study and research facilities;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body’s agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(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;
(g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;
(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;
(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.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
A BS EN ISO 9001:2008 3rd Party UKAS Accredited/recognised Certification with an appropriate scope of supply to meet the requirement, covering Design, Development (including Software) and Production.
Any infrastructure solution should incorporate best current practice and standards adopted within the UK construction industry and comply with all relevant British Standards, legislation and regulations as appropriate.

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: yes

Restricted

Envisaged minimum number 3: and maximum number 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Potentially suitable candidates may be invited to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire prior to consideration for future invitations to tender. Selection of suitable suplliers will be based on assessment of capabilities and experience. Companies that wish to be considered as Prime Contractors for such work should register and interest in writing to the issuing branch by 18.5.2012. Expressions of Interest should be accompanies by supporting information to demonstrate relevant capabilities and experience necessary to undertake such work.

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

MTSC/0157

no

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 14.5.2012 – 10:00
Payable documents: no

18.5.2012 – 10:00

English.