Published date: 20 February 2025

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: 11 February 2025, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industrial drill bits - 43611200

  • Cement - 44111200

  • Tiles - 44111700

    • Posts - 44144000

    • Sheets (construction) - 44172000

    • Barbed wire - 44312300

    • Wire-mesh fencing - 44313100

    • Rods (construction) - 44332000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£3,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_483368/1453032

Published date

20 February 2025

Closing date

11 February 2025

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

2 September 2025

Contract end date

1 September 2029

Contract type

Supply 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 4 Year Framework Agreement with 2 Lots and up to 2 Single Suppliers for the Supply of Defence Stores.

Lot 1 - Barbed Wire and Associated Items
Lot 2 - Defence Stores

This Contract is intended to include 30 items identified as being in scope.

The advertised contract value is £3.5 Million with no Option Years.

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 in accordance with CSIS Manufacturer's Part Number (MPN), CSIS Specifications and Drawings.

The Contract shall be awarded to up to two (2) compliant Bidders who provide the most economically advantageous tender based on the basket of goods provided in Annex A to Schedule 2 - Price List and responses to the Social Value questions.

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 at Contract Award).

The Contractor shall hold and maintain UKAS Accredited ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent certification at no additional expense to the Authority. The Authority is to be informed within 10 working days of any changes to certification, including changes to scope of activity during this period.

The 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. Babcock Land Defence Limited will work with the winning bidder(s) to develop a Social Values KPI based on their tender response.

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

No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason.

Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.

Expressions of interest to participate in this requirement are to be submitted on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) by completing the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ).

The PQQ shall be assessed on DSP using the selection criteria given within the PQQ and within each question. It is the intention of the Authority to down select, economic operators who will be invited to tender, only those suppliers who provide all mandatory information and are not subject to a mandatory exclusion.

Contract name: IRM24/7691
Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-250218B03
Cyber Risk Profile: Very Low


About the buyer

Contact name

Lori Evans

Address

Building B15, MoD Donnington
Telford
TF2 8JT
England

Email

lori.evans@babcockinternational.com

Website

www.babcockinternational.com