IRM22/7618 - THE SUPPLY OF ELEVATED STRUCTURES EXPEDITIONARY - CF

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 Elevated Structures Expeditionary. All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers, any relevant available technical data (to include CSIS MPN's, British Standard Specifications etc.) and shall be informed of any required applicable compliance standards. Tenderers shall be expected to provide items which comply with the requirements of either the provided Specifications or CSIS (the Codification Support Information Systems maintained by the United Kingdom National Codification Bureau). The Contract will be awarded to the Supplier who provides the most economically advantageous tenders based on the basket of goods provided in the Annex A to Schedule 2 - Price List and the responses to the Social Values questions. Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award. Any 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 Please see the complete list on the Supporting Documents tab of the Pre Qualification Questionnaire. All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). Expressions of interest to participate in this requirement are to be submitted on Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) by completing the PQQ. The PQQ shall be assessed on DSP using the selection criteria given within the PQQ and within each question.

Prospective contractors are required to hold Quality Management System certification to ISO 9001:2015 or suitable alternative, with the appropriate scope to deliver contract requirements, issued by a Nationally Accredited Certification Body. You will be required to provide a copy of the certificate(s) as directed by any Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) or Invitation to Tender (ITT) associated with this Notice, and in any event, the winning supplier will be required to provide it for review prior to contract award. The contractual condition for quality will be Allied Quality Assurance Publication (AQAP) AQAP 2110 Edition D Version 1.

No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason.