Official UK procurement notice
CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AND INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE EMULATION
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProject VALKYRIE
Close Air Support/Intelligence Surveillance and Recognisance (CAS/ISR) emulation on collective training exercises enables Air Land Integration (ALI) training to occur. ALI forms part of the mandatory Collective Training Objectives (CTOs) that Field Army units are validated or certified against on collective training exercises in order to be assessed as capable of holding readiness or deploying on operations. The requirement is for a manned air platform or platforms and aircrew capable of operating to Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) by day or night whilst performing CAS/ISR tasks, to emulate existing and future military manned & unmanned capabilities, in support of exercising troops on CTG exercises, in the UK and overseas. Quantity or scope: The contract is for a period of 5 years. There will be one additional option year which the Authority reserves the right to undertake.
CPV: Pilot services · Piloted aircraft · Special-purpose aircraft · Training and simulation in aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts · Training and simulation services in the fields of defence and security
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Framework period
- … – … (4 yrs 11 mo)
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP)
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
- 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)
- 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
- 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…
- Suitability
As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP)
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
- 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)
- 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
- 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…
- Economic & financial standing
As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP)
Minimum: As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) - Economic & financial standing
As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP)
Minimum: As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) - Technical & professional ability
As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP)
Minimum: As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) - Technical & professional ability
As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP)
Minimum: As per the PQQ documentation on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP)
- Legal form for consortia
- In the event of a group provider submitting an acceptable offer, the MoD reserves the right to require the group of bidders to take a legal form or require one bidder to take Prime Contractor responsibility or to require that each member of the group undertakes joint and severable liability for the performance of the agreement and any call-off made under it.
- Second stage candidates
- 3–10 candidates invited to tender
- “CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AND INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Authority reference
701575645- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028107- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f538Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Potential Providers must note the mandatory requirement for electronic trading using the Contracting, Purchasing & Finance (CP&F) electronic trading tool. All payments for deliverables under the contract shall only be made via CP&F. Details can be found at
- Other terms
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
Publisher note: 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 10 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Deposits and guarantees
A Parent Company Guarantee and/or Performance Bond in a form to be provided by the MoD may be required. Details will be included in the Tender Documentation, if applicable.
Timeline
9 Nov 2021 → 10 Dec 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published9 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Army Commercial, Army HQ, AndoverMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments