SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME,
ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Air Commercial Team, C&C
Nimrod Building No. 3 Site
Attn: Dennis Virgo
HP14 4UE High Wycombe
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1494494384
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1494494400
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained
at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in
above-mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)
TYPE OF
THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including
their regional or local sub-divisions
Defence
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other
contracting authorities No
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
II.1.1)
Title
attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Flight simulator training on a Proline 21 750/800 XP.
II.1.2)
Type of
contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category: No 24
Main place of performance South East (England).
NUTS code UKJ
II.1.3)
The notice
involves
II.1.4)
Information
on framework agreement
II.1.5)
Short
description of the contract or purchase(s)
Training and simulation in aircraft, missiles and spacecraft.
Training and simulation in aircraft, missiles and spacecraft. Provision
of Flight Simulator Training on a Proline 21 750/800 XP - Synthetic
Trainer for HS125. The Flat Panel Information Display System (FPIDS)
upgrade on HS125 requires future proof synthetic training capability
from 1.9.2010 until OSD 2015. The training must be available from
1.9.2010. The simulator must have a minimum of Cat C certification,
preferably Cat D and be CAA compliant. The simulator must have the
closest resemblance to the FPIDS HS125 aircraft and have a supporting
HS125 700B Ground School. The visual and terrain database must be
capable of replicating RAF Northolt, Kabul, Camp Bastion and Kandahar
airfields, and a flight between the aforementioned Afghanistan
airfields. Debriefing facilities, including video and computer flight
analysis must be available. Training must be assessed and approved by
the HS125 STANEVAL. Sqn training staff must be able to occupy and manage
the simulator (some of, but not all, of the time) for the maintenance
of quality and standardisation. The remainder of the time effective
training staff (preferably ex British military) must be available to
provide training. Harmony must remain at the current level or be
improved. Ability for crews to attend regular 3 monthly 2 day simulator
details with attendant ground school. Facility to run Conversion to type
courses as well as recurrent training. Synthetic training is defined as
a full motion simulator with systems and management controls, fidelity
and flight handling characteristics modelled on a certified airworthy
HS125 aircraft. It is anticipated that the contract will commence
1.9.2010 and run until 31.3.2015 and it is planned to have two option
years.
II.1.6)
Common
procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)
Contract
covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
II.1.8)
Division
into lots
No
II.1.9)
Variants
will be accepted
II.2)
QUANTITY
OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total
quantity or scope
Excluding VAT 2 000 000 GBP
II.2.2)
Options
Yes
description of these options: 2 Additional option years
II.3)
DURATION
OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: 55 (from the award of the contract)
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL
AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)
CONDITIONS
RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)
Deposits
and guarantees required
III.1.2)
Main
financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the
relevant provisions regulating them
III.1.3)
Legal form
to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is
to be awarded
III.1.4)
Other
particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is
subject
III.2)
CONDITIONS
FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1)
Personal
situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to
enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if
requirements are met: (a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his
affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into
an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business
activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar
procedure under national laws and regulations
(b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy,
for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court
or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings
under national laws and regulations
(c) Has been convicted by a judgement which has he force of res
judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any
offence concerning his professional conduct
(d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by ay
means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate
(e) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of
social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of
the country in which he is established or with those of the country of
the contracting authority
(f) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or with those of the country of the contracting authority
(g) Is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the
information required under this section or has not supplied such
information
(h) Has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a
criminal organisation as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action
98/733/JHA
(i) Has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as
defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of
Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively
(j) Has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the
meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the
financial interests of the European Communities
(k) Has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as
defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on
prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money
laundering
III.2.2)
Economic
and financial capacity
III.2.3)
Technical
capacity
III.2.4)
Reserved
contracts
III.3)
CONDITIONS
SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)
Execution
of the service is reserved to a particular profession
III.3.2)
Legal
entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of
the staff responsible for the execution of the service
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1)
TYPE OF
PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)
Type of
procedure
Restricted
IV.1.2)
Limitations
on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to
participate
IV.1.3)
Reduction
of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)
AWARD
CRITERIA
IV.2.1)
Award
criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria
stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to
negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)
An
electronic auction will be used
IV.3)
ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION
IV.3.1)
File
reference number attributed by the contracting authority
ACT/03812
IV.3.2)
Previous
publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)
Conditions
for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)
Time-limit
for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
1.6.2010 - 16:00
IV.3.5)
Date of
dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected
candidates
IV.3.6)
Language(s)
in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)
Minimum
time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)
Conditions
for opening tenders
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)
THIS IS A
RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
VI.2)
CONTRACT
RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of
Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID)
Register, available at
www.contracts.mod.uk.
The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available
to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main
supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the
registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does
not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or
approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD
contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by
submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the
instructions of the purchasing organisation.
Advertising Regime OJEU:- These contract opportunities are
published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and the
MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin. The award of any subsequent contract
arising from such requirements is subject to the Public Contract
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VI.4)
PROCEDURES
FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body
responsible for appeal procedures
Air Commercial Team, C&C
Body responsible for mediation procedures
A400M, DSG Support Group
VI.4.2)
Lodging of
appeals
VI.4.3)
Service
from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
DATE OF
DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
30.4.2010