IRM22/7611 - The Supply of Tooling, Equipment and Associated Items

Published date: 27 June 2023

Last edited date: 27 June 2023

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: 25 August 2023, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring - 38540000
Machine tools - 42600000
Workshop equipment - 43800000

Tools - 44510000

Location of contract

TF2 8JT

Value of contract

£15,000,000 to £20,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_349273/1228935

Published date

27 June 2023

Closing date

25 August 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

31 October 2023

Contract end date

30 October 2026

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?

Description

Babcock Land Defence Limited - acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence ("the Authority") - has
under consideration a 3-year Framework Agreement for The Supply of Tooling, Equipment and Associated
Items.

The requirement is split into 2 lots.

Lot 1 - Workshop Tooling and Equipment
594 NSNs

Lot 2 - Measuring, Inspection and Testing Equipment
491 NSNs

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). Some items are required to be procured to a drawing which will be circulated as appropriate.

This contract is intended to include circa 1000 NSNs with an advertised contract value of £15m - £20m (split accordingly between the 2 lots).

Each individual lot shall be awarded to the bidder who provides the most economically advantageous tender based on the basket of goods provided in the Annex A to Schedule 2 - Price List and responses to the Obsolescence, Quality and Social Values 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 to contract).

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.

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

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About the buyer

Contact name

Lori Evans

Address

Babcock Land Defence Limited, Building B15, MoD Donnington
Telford
TF2 8JT
England

Email

lori.evans@babcockinternational.com