Materiel Distribution Land (MDL) Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) PME RFI

As part option analysis, the Authority is inviting industry to participate in a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise in support of the development of our acquisition strategy for MDL HET. Specifically, we seek information from industry to help us: a. Establish the potential for an Off The Shelf (OTS) solution to meet the MDL HET requirement. b. Obtain a greater awareness of what the market can currently provide to inform the MDL HET requirement. c. The requirement includes the acquisition, repair, maintenance, inspection and, through-life service options through innovative partnered solutions. d. To inform through life cost and cost of ownership. e. To potentially inform further pre-market engagement activity. This PME is an information gathering exercise. We are looking to understand the potential for adopting or adapting solutions that are already in production. Your responses should be based on solutions that are already in-production. A questionnaire, consisting of 20 questions, will be distributed by e-mail following participants’ requests to partake sent to DESLEVS-FHET@mod.gov.uk. The questionnaire document describes in detail the process for completing and requests that all responses are submitted by the deadline of 1200hrs noon, Monday 2 June 2025 GMT. Any requests received after the dates within this notice will be sent a copy of the questionnaire for information purposes only. Due to the timescales associated with this PME, the Authority is only able to answer clarification questions that are submitted no later than 1200hrs, 16 May 2025 GMT, to this email address: DESLEVS-FHET@mod.gov.uk with ‘FHET PME Clarification Question’ clearly stated in the subject title. We will endeavour to provide our answers by 1200hrs, 23 May 2025 GMT. For the sake of equality of information, a list of clarification questions and the Authority’s response to those questions will be made available to all. Submitted questionnaires will be compiled for analysis and processed to inform the Authority's approach and procurement strategy. Any comments, indications of interest, participation, or non-participation by any organisation at this stage will not influence the process, selection and/or award decision for any future possible procurement, nor will it be taken as a supplier’s committed position. Non-participation in this pre-market engagement will not be taken into account in any related future procurement. For the avoidance of doubt, this PME does not constitute a commitment to launch a formal procurement procedure.