Published date: 23 April 2017
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Contract summary
Industry
Technical support services - 71356300
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£2,000,000 to £8,100,000
Procurement reference
BIP53206180
Published date
23 April 2017
Closing date
23 May 2017
Contract start date
1 October 2017
Contract end date
30 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
An enabling contract is required to provide technical support to a multi-disciplined team based at MOD Abbey Wood responsible for delivery of the P8-A Poseidon into UK Service including all supporting activities. In order to support the delivery of the first UK P-8A in April 2019 the P-8A DT requires access to technical specialists across the full range of aeronautical engineering disciplines. These specialists will work alongside the P-8A DT to:
- Provide Independent Technical Evaluation of various artefacts produced by the P-8A DT, NAVAIR and other 3rd party suppliers.
- Generate aircraft and weapons certification products.
- Deliver artefacts in support of Release to Service recommendations.
- Operational Test and Evaluation Support.
- Generate structural, systems and propulsion integrity products and processes.
- Develop safety artefacts including: hazard logs, safety analyses, air-system hazard analyses, equipment safety assessments and safety assessment reports.
- Generate MRP compliance evidence and alternative acceptable means of compliance, where applicable.
- Produce a UK centric Air-system Document Set for the P-8A.
- Support the development of 1 Group continuing airworthiness products.
- Develop configuration control artefacts and processes.
- Deliver integrated logistics support artefacts and processes.
- Engage with 1 Group to support the provision of RAF engineering training.
The duration of the contract will be two years, with options to extend for two further one-year extensions. Tasks will be individually priced using agreed firm daily rates. The total volume requirement is expected to equate to around fifteen man-years of effort per year.
Relevant dates:
Deadline for Expression of Interest and attached DPQQ: 23.5.2017
Proposed/estimated ITT issue date: 29.5.2017
Proposed/estimated ITT return date: 04.7.2017
Proposed/estimated Contract award date: 29.7.2017
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About the buyer
Address
Abbey Wood
Spruce 0B
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone
+441179182968
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