Gun System Automation Mk8 and Gun System Automation Mk9 combined In-service Support Contract

The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 39(2) of Directive 2009/81/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the DSPCR 2011) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process.

Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 39(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest (including defence and security factors) for doing so.

Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 39(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

Suppliers 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 furt…

This will be covered in the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

This will be covered in the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.