PLANNED MAINTENANCE AND ANNUAL SAFETY CERTIFICATION TO HMC PROTECTOR

Border Force (BF) is a Directorate of the Home Office. BF operate a fleet of five (5) Cutters. One of these Cutters, HMC Protector (Telka Class), has a requirement for planned maintenance and annual certification of her safety equipment.

The full package of works required is detailed in the attached Statement of Requirements (C16839 - HMC Protector - SoR Vf1).

Following this sourcing exercise based on written quotation, this contract will commence on or before the 21st October 2019. Upon successful acceptance of HMC Protector by the supplier, the work package is required to be undertaken between 21st October and 4th November 2019 in line with the Cutters' operational working pattern between Lands End and Great Yarmouth.

Bidders are required to submit written quotations in both .pdf and .doc formats.

The purpose of this notice is to make the Statement of Requirements available and to invite potential suppliers to confirm they can fully meet the requirements by providing a fully itemised written quotation for the work package. Those potential suppliers are invited to send an email to Ian McDermott, Home office Commercial: [email protected], confirming their interest in this opportunity, providing the itemised quotation, in addition to confirmation of yard availability on the stated dates. Furthermore, confirmation of agreement to the Home Office Standard Short Form Services Terms and Conditions (HMC Protector LSAMA - Terms and Conditions) on which the contract will be awarded is required. Quotations should also be accompanied by a CDP as stated in the SoR section 5.4. All required documentation should be submitted via email to Ian McDermott at the address above, no later than 23:59hrs on Wednesday 16th October 2019.

Additional information: Please be advised that the closing date for bid submission is now 23:59hrs, 16th October. There has been 24hrs added to this deadline from it's initial time and date. Thank you.