Published date: 2 May 2019

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: 20 May 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Smelting furnaces - 42330000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£10,000 to £113,000

Procurement reference

BIP73842874

Published date

2 May 2019

Closing date

20 May 2019

Contract start date

15 July 2019

Contract end date

16 September 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

To unload from MoD provided transport of c.55T and dispose of armour. The armour will be delivered to the supplier in qty 6 20ft ISO containers, each container will hold qty 5 'Thatcham pallets'.

The supplier will be required to:
• Unload ISO containers from MoD provided transport
• Remove the Thatcham pallets from the ISO containers
• Empty armour from the pallets
• Load armour into the 'charge' basket
• Transfer charge basket load to furnace
• Reload empty Thatcham pallets into ISO containers
• Reload ISO containers onto MoD provided transport
• Provide access to facilities to accommodate up to 8 MoD staff attending
• Provide specialist PPE for up to 2 MoD staff witnessing the smelting

The supplier will be required to provide comprehensive Health & Safety Briefing to MoD personnel attending the smelt. MoD staff numbers attending will be kept to a minimum but could be up to 8.

DELIVERABLES;
Provide a summary report of the impact on the supplier
Provide a technical report of the chemical analysis

More information

Additional text

To view this notice, register as a supplier here:

http://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta/signup.html?userType=supplier

and search for the notice with reference 'GB-Fareham: Disposal of Armour by Smelting'.

About the buyer

Contact name

Renee Smith

Address

Portsdown West
Portsdown Hill Road
Fareham
PO17 6AD
UK

Telephone

01980953558

Email

resmith@dstl.gov.uk