PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE FOR CONTRACT IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY - OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority / Entity

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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

Section II: Object of the Contract

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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity

712091450 Diving Life Support (DLS) In Service Support (ISS)

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Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

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This notice involves a framework agreement

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Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Delivery Team (DT) have a requirement for the provision of In-Service Support (ISS) to the Diving Life Support (DLS) portfolio of equipment.

The DLS portfolio provides a diving capability to the UK Military, led by the Royal Navy, to support a full range of technical and support activities to enable the delivery of underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), underwater engineering, underwater search and engineering tasks in support of UK Defence Tasks.

The Authority are proposing that the DLS ISS requirement will be divided into the following three Lots:

Lot 1 - Diving Life Support (DLS) Diver's Dress and Dive Ancillaries

Lot 2 - Diving Life Support (DLS) In-Service Support to Diving Support Equipment

Lot 3 - Diving Life Support (DLS) In-Service Support to Dive Sets and Dived Equipment

The proposed Lots will require ISS as well as the ability to procure more/new equipment at the direction of the Authority.

The proposed DLS ISS contracts will be for five (5) years, with two (2) additional one (1) year options to extend. If all the options to extend are exercised by the Authority, each contract's duration will be a total of seven years.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is open to responses from companies that have suitable experience in the ISS of DLS equipment. An associated Request for Information (RFI) can be found at: https://contracts.mod.uk/go/394909400191EB246605

This PIN is not a means to seek formal expressions of interest; the opportunity for such may become available when the SALMO DT has an improved understanding of the market.

Tentative date to note (subject to change):

Dynamic Pre-Qualification Qualification (DPQQ) and Contract Notice - Published October/November 2024

Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) - Published January 2025

Contract Award - September 2025

Estimated value of overall procurement is £55M (ex VAT). Broken down as follows:

Lot 1 - £ 13M (ex VAT)

Lot 2 - £ 15M (ex VAT)

Lot 3 - £ 28M (ex VAT)

II.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.6)

Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract

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Additional information

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 regulating them

III.2)

Conditions for participation

III.2.1)

Reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds

VI.2)

Additional information

The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.

VI.3)

Information on general regulatory framework

VI.4)

Date of dispatch of this notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.