C17CSAE/701556406 - Medium Weight Aerial Delivery (MWAD)

Concepts

• bristol
• security and fire-fighting
• complete mwad platforms
• medium weight aerial delivery
• mwad system
• mwad procurement
• mwad
• post design services
• police and defence equipment
• cyber risk assessment

Location

United Kingdom: Carterton, Oxfordshire, UK

Description

The Army requires the ability to airdrop equipment and vehicles to an all-up mass of 16,000kg from the Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft (A400M) to enable Air Manoeuvre, Theatre Entry, Land Force Sustainment and Humanitarian Operations. This requirement will be delivered by platforms (onto which combat supplies and vehicles can be restrained), incorporating parachutes and ancillary equipment to enable their extraction from the A400M and safe delivery into drop zones. Requirements also include (but not limited to) spares provisioning, level 4 contractor repairs, Design Organisation (DO) and/or Coordinating Design Organisation (CDO) responsibilities, initial training, technical documentation management, and Post Design Services (PDS). Quantity or scope: The requirement is to deliver an estimated 40 (forty) initial, complete MWAD platforms up to 32 feet in length along with associated parachutes and ancillary equipment, capable of delivering payloads between 3000kgs to 12,000kgs, for dispatch from the A400M. The MWAD system must be compatible with the A400M. The contractor shall hold DO/CDO status for the entire system, including all associated assemblies (parachutes and ancillary equipment). The requirement includes provision of an in-service support solution including Level 4 repair activities (level 1-3 repairs and maintenance will be carried out by the Authority), initial ground training, technical documentation management, System Safety Management, Post Design Services (PDS) and provision of spares. The duration of the contract shall include a manufacture and transition phase followed by a 7 (seven) year support phase from Initial Operating Capability (IOC) (plus Options to extend by an additional 3 years). As the MWAD procurement relates to the provision of goods and services used for military purposes, the Authority will comply with the Defence & Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR 2011). The procurement will operate under the Competitive Negotiated Procedure (CNP). The Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) will be used to manage the DPQQ and Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) process, including evaluation. Access to the DSP is required to complete the DPQQ and it is recommended that access is requested via Supplier Registration Page. Following DPQQ evaluation, the Authority intends to invite a maximum of 4 (four) respondents to the initial ITN phase. Wherein, following submission and assessment of the tender submissions, all technically and Commercially compliant bidders will be invited to a a ground trial phase. Subject to the Authority’s trials assessment decision, a negotiation phase may follow. The Authority reserves the right to award the Contract to the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) in accordance with the scoring criteria following evaluation of the tenders and ground trials without undertaking a negotiation phase. In preparation for the ground trials phase, down-selected tenderers will be required to loan the MOD a complete system (including all associated parachutes, assemblies and ancillary equipment) on a free of charge basis, to undertake ground trials at RAF Brize Norton. The outcome of the ground trials will contribute to the determination of a Preferred Bidder. Contract award will then be dependent on the approval of an Authority led business case that will take into account the results of the trials and the preferred bidders’ tender. Post contract award, the contractor will be required to support air trials and achieve system acceptance. The placement of the order for the MWAD platforms will follow this system acceptance. The Authority anticipates issuing the ITN in November 2021 followed by a bidders’ conference to be held in the UK in December 2021. Ground trials conducted by ATEC at RAF Brize Norton are forecast for Q4 2022 – Q1 2023, FBC approval and contract award are forecast for mid 2023 followed by declaration of Initial Operating Capability (IOC) in 2024. The Authority trades using the electronic ‘Contracting, Purchasing & Finance’ system (CP&F). Before completing the DPQQ, any interested parties should ensure that they have the ability to trade electronically and the willingness connect to the CP&F System in the event of being successful. A Cyber Risk Assessment has been conducted for this requirement to ascertain the level of Cyber Risk present. The result of this assessment is that a Cyber Risk level of 'Very Low’ exists and therefore successful respondents invited to ITN will need to hold a Cyber Essentials [Plus] certificate and undertake a Cyber Risk Assessment on their proposed supply chain. Respondents can verify their readiness to comply with opportunities bearing this Cyber Risk Level by completing a Cyber Risk Assessment using RAR code: 310664309. To note: The issue of this Contract Notice (CN) or any future ITN or ITN material is not a commitment by the Authority to place a contract as a result of this competition or at a later stage. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to any offer and subsequent acceptance of contract, is a matter solely for your commercial judgement. The Authority has conducted previous industry engagement using Defence Contracts Online (DCO), with a Request for Information (RFI) published 20/11/2020.

CPV Codes

• 35000000 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Contracting Authority intends to use the Defence Sourcing Portal e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement. Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal - Click the “Click here to register” link - Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue” - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content. - Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page. - This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box 3. Responding to the tender - You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting) - You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.