Published date: 27 January 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: 27 February 2023, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Mechanical spare parts for military vehicles - 35421000

Location of contract

TF2 8JT

Value of contract

£15,000,000 to £20,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_349274/1170550

Published date

27 January 2023

Closing date

27 February 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

8 August 2023

Contract end date

7 August 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?

No


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 Mechanical Spares & Associated Items. The requirement is split into 4 lots.

Lot 1 - Fasteners, Fixings, Springs, Couplings, Adaptors & Conduits
1,408 NSNs - Estimated value £5.8M
Lot 2 - Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Pipes, Hoses & Tubes
846 NSNs - Estimated value £2.7M
Lot 3 - Bearings, Seals, Gaskets & O-Rings
537 NSNs - Estimated value £2.4M
Lot 4 - Industrial supplies
280 NSNs - Estimated value £6.1M

The basket of goods to be provided at ITT, will represents c1,300 items which account for over 75% of forecast value for the Contract. It is anticipated that the remaining 25% 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:
Phase 1: c1,300 NSNs
Phase 2: c1,700 NSNs
Total: c3,000 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 will have an advertised contract value of £15m - £20m.

Each individual lot shall be awarded to the bidder who provides the most economically advantageous tender based on the basket of goods 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.

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 the economic operators who will be invited to tender on a pass/fail basis.

Contract name: IRM22/7609
Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-217303264
Cyber Risk Profile: Very Low


About the buyer

Contact name

Kelly Harcourt

Address

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

Email

kelly.harcourt@babcockinternational.com