Published date: 7 September 2017

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: 30 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Support equipment - 35820000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£790,000

Procurement reference

BIP56227699

Published date

7 September 2017

Closing date

30 September 2017

Contract start date

1 December 2017

Contract end date

1 December 2019

Contract type

Supply 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

The Lightning II aircraft (F-35) will enter service with the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy in 2018. The F-35 Enterprise are provisioning all the necessary Support Equipment (SE), test equipment and tool outfits deemed necessary to maintain the aircraft serviceability. Despite the extensive range and scale of equipment being provided for the UK F-35, it has been identified that there is a need for aircraft WAMS staging to facilitate fall protection for maintenance personnel associated with deeper maintenance activities on the aircraft.

Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.

The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta. You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.

Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: 5QK464Q6C4. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.

The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 16/09/2018 17:00. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.

If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing - support@contracts.mod.uk or call 0800 282 324.


More information

Additional text

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and search for the notice with reference 'UK-Bristol: Support equipment.'.


About the buyer

Address

MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK

Email

lewis.parker117@mod.gov.uk