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/entity: DGM/1837- Limited Range Training Ammunition (LRTA).
Prior information notice for contracts in the field of defence and security
Supplies
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
#4115, Fir 1c, ABW
BS34 8JH Bristol
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3067983958
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority/entity: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)Main activity
Defence
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
DGM/1837- Limited Range Training Ammunition (LRTA).
II.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
UKK11
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
UKK11
II.3)Information on framework agreement
II.4)Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
The Authority has a possible future requirement to procure the following amounts of LRTA for use within training and operational roles with the UK Armed Forces. First Delivery would be detailed in any contract. The potential contract will be fixed for five years, with exact figures discussed and provided in the preceding September.
Financial Year Rounds Required
1B1T 4B1T
2017 / 2018 100,800 72,000
2018 / 2019 72,000 57,600
2019 / 2020 72,000 50,200
2020 / 2021 72,000 57,600
2021 / 2022 72,000 50,200
Should this requirement proceed, a Contract Notice will be published and you will be invited to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, which will be measured against selected criteria in terms of Commercial and Technical requirements.
The Technical requirement will be base lined against the current in-service model and user requirements and include questions regarding: Battlefield Effect; Terminal Effect; Climatic and Environment; Munition Sensitivity; System and Design Safety; Human Factors; Deployability; Training; Sustainment; Policy and Legal; Capability Resilience and Reliability.
The weighting will be released within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to denote Key User Requirements, Mandatory, Priority 1 and Priority 2 requirements. Evidence will be required to demonstrate the ammunition can meet the Authority's requirements set. Any additional trials the Authority require to be undertaken will require sample ammunition to be supplied at the contractor's cost.
On award of the Contract, the supplying contractor shall provide support to ensure full qualification and maintenance of this qualification throughout the duration of the Contract. This includes, but is not limited to, MOD Safe and Suitability for Service (S3) to assess the ammunition suitability with regard to the Manufacture to the Disposal sequence (MOD may terminate the Contract if any safety concerns become apparent) Any resultant munitions procured as a result of this Prior Information Notice will be subject to the relevant Quality Assurance Standards.
Financial Year Rounds Required
1B1T 4B1T
2017 / 2018 100,800 72,000
2018 / 2019 72,000 57,600
2019 / 2020 72,000 50,200
2020 / 2021 72,000 57,600
2021 / 2022 72,000 50,200
Should this requirement proceed, a Contract Notice will be published and you will be invited to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, which will be measured against selected criteria in terms of Commercial and Technical requirements.
The Technical requirement will be base lined against the current in-service model and user requirements and include questions regarding: Battlefield Effect; Terminal Effect; Climatic and Environment; Munition Sensitivity; System and Design Safety; Human Factors; Deployability; Training; Sustainment; Policy and Legal; Capability Resilience and Reliability.
The weighting will be released within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to denote Key User Requirements, Mandatory, Priority 1 and Priority 2 requirements. Evidence will be required to demonstrate the ammunition can meet the Authority's requirements set. Any additional trials the Authority require to be undertaken will require sample ammunition to be supplied at the contractor's cost.
On award of the Contract, the supplying contractor shall provide support to ensure full qualification and maintenance of this qualification throughout the duration of the Contract. This includes, but is not limited to, MOD Safe and Suitability for Service (S3) to assess the ammunition suitability with regard to the Manufacture to the Disposal sequence (MOD may terminate the Contract if any safety concerns become apparent) Any resultant munitions procured as a result of this Prior Information Notice will be subject to the relevant Quality Assurance Standards.
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: noII.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
35330000
II.6)Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract
Scheduled date for start of award procedures: 1.5.2017
II.7)Additional information:
Contract award by May 2017 with first delivery of these rounds to be made within the same Financial Year (2017). Duration of Contract is 5 years.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Information about reserved contracts
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-20161117-DCB-9131076.
VI.3)Information on general regulatory framework
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
17.11.2016