Published date: 9 December 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 January 2022, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Parts of military vehicles - 35420000

Location of contract

TF2 8JT

Value of contract

£15,000,000 to £20,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_293615/1021094

Published date

9 December 2021

Closing date

19 January 2022

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

1 June 2022

Contract end date

31 May 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Babcock Land Defence Limited - acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence ("the Authority") - has under consideration a 7 year multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Fabricated Parts.

All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers and shall be informed of any required applicable compliance standards. Tenderers shall be expected to provide items which comply with the requirements of CSIS (the Codification Support Information Systems maintained by the United Kingdom National Codification Bureau).

This Contract is intended to include c.400 items identified as being fabricated parts supporting UK Ministry of Defence's vehicle fleet with an advertised contract value of between £15 million and £20 million.

The Contract shall be awarded to the 4 bidders who provide the most economically advantageous tenders based on the basket of goods provided in Annex A to Schedule 2 - Price List and responses to the Obsolescence, Quality and Social Values questions.

The basket of goods provided within Annex A to Schedule 2 - Price List, represents c.50 items which account for over 30% of forecast value for the Contract. It is anticipated that the remaining 70% of forecast items by volume and value, which are all aligned to the scope and characteristics of this Contract, will be added to Contract via a satisfactory RFQ process with the successful bidders in 2 phases following Contract Award. The Phased approach is below:

Phase 1: c50 NSNs
Phase 2: c200 NSNs
Phase 3: c100 NSNs
Total: c350 NSNs

Bidders shall submit pricing for a minimum of 80% of items released in phase 1.

Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award (over and above those items envisaged to be added to contract in Phases 1 & 2 identified above.

RAR Code: U5MZ3QD7 - VERY LOW

Any resulting contract shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality, and shall include remedies for poor performance.

The Authority shall award the Contract in accordance with the evaluation criteria which will be detailed in the Invitation To Tender.


About the buyer

Contact name

Louise Davis

Address

I&RM, BUILDING B15, MoD DONNINGTON
TELFORD
TF2 8JT
England

Email

louise.davis@babcockinternational.com

Website

www.babcockinternational.com