Official UK procurement notice
Obsolescence Rectification and Re-Design of TMCC with In Service Support
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTMCC’s are a transportable therapeutic compression chamber used for medically treating divers with decompression illnesses. There are two variants of this design – ship-fits and containerised. Ship-fits are designed to be secured to the weather deck of a ship, mounted and secured on shock mounts. The containerised version is identical in operation, apart from it is fitted within an ISO container and has additional systems, e.g., air conditioning.
The TMCCs were procured in the late 1990s and are outfitted with both an electronic atmospheric control system and an emergency manually operated built in breathing system. The electronics and systems fitted for Atmospheric Control / Breathing System (AC/BS) and analysing the chamber’s gas contents have become obsolete. This obsolescence has impacted the Authority’s ability to refurbish and repair the equipment.
To address the obsolescence issue, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Salvage and Maritime Organisation (SALMO) Delivery Team (DT) is considering retrofitting (including the design and installation) the current fleet of TMCCs with modern Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) systems. The Authority’s definition of retrofitting is to identify suitable systems and design the integration / installation of equipment to the current fleet of TMCCs. This shall include, but not be limited to, systems for automated atmospheric control, breathing systems, gas monitoring and chamber dive logging. This contract will also aim to modernise auxiliary equipment fitted; examples of these items would be internal lighting, telephone system and air conditioning units.
In addition to the obsolescence rectification, there is a requirement to provide continual in-service support for a period of approximately 5 years, with three additional one-year Option periods . This shall provide the Authority with technical assistance, management and provisioning of spares / repairs / refurbishments, project management and support to meetings.
It is intended that there will be an option within the contract to review the ship fit TMCCs and determine if they can be fitted into or within a transportable ISO container.
CPV: Diving services · Maintenance and repair services
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- Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
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- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated
- 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Jun 2023, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 20 May 2024, 16:25 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-015895- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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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- Submission deadline
- 21 Jul 2023, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Jul 2023 → 20 May 2024 · 2 dates- Submission deadline21 Jul 2023, 17:00 BST
- Notice published20 May 2024, 16:25 BST
Notice history
1 event · 4 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated28 Jun 2023, 12:51 BST
Published amendments (3 · 0 deadline changes)
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| — | TextII.2.1 | 5 years, with the potential for three one-year option periods. Estimated value excluding VAT: £8,000,000 | 5 years, with the potential for three one-year option periods. Estimated value excluding VAT: £11,000,000 | |
| — | TextII.2.1 | 5 years, with the potential for three one-year option periods. Estimated value excluding VAT: £8,000,000 | 5 years, with the potential for three one-year option periods. Estimated value excluding VAT: £11,000,000 | |
| — | TextII.2.1) Total quantity or scope · II | 5 years, with the potential for three one-year option periods. Estimated value excluding VAT: £8,000,000 | 5 years, with the potential for three one-year option periods. Estimated value excluding VAT: £14,000,000 | |
| — | TextIV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV | 21 July 2023 - 5:00pm | 19th June 2024 17:00 hours | |
| — | TextII.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s) · II | Tentative dates to note (subject to change): Equipment Familiarisation Days: September 2023 Issue of Invitation to Tender (ITT): November 2023 Contract Award: April 2024 | Tentative dates to note (subject to change): Equipment Familiarisation Days: June 2024 Issue of Invitation to Negotiate (ITN): July 2024 Contract Award: November 2024 Please note - if you previously submitted a successful response to the Dynamic Pre-Qualification (DPQQ) associated with this opportunity, then you do not need to submit an additional response; you will automatically be invited to sub… |
3 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2023-06: 1 release · 26 Jun 2023
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