Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Online Standards, Databases and Publication with hard copy facility
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Contract Notice (CN) to inform the market of an opportunity to participate in a Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire (PQQ) for the Provision of Online Standards, Databases and Publications with hard copy facility. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) document suite will also be available to review, however not to respond to, until the PQQ stage has completed and the ITT has officially been issued to the successfully down-selected PQQ Tenderer's. The PQQ will be live for 30 days and will close 15:00GMT on 13th October 2022.
All interested tenderer's should read the PQQ Guidance provided within the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP). MoD mandates the use of DSP therefore all interested tenderer's must be registered and respond solely via the DSP.
The PQQ title on DSP is: 703793451 PQQ_02 Provision of Online Standards, databases and Publications.
This requirement is for a subscription agent to act on behalf of the MoD to source, negotiate and procure online standards, databases and publications with hard copy facility, for a wide range of MoD business units located across the UK and overseas.
The selection criteria is in accordance with PCR 2015 Regulation 65. Subject to Contract: the Contract will be a three (3) year contract plus one (1) optional year.
CPV: Official journals · Subscription services · Technical publications
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This requirement is for a subscription agent to act on behalf of the MoD to source,…
This requirement is for a subscription agent to act on behalf of the MoD to source, negotiate and procure online standards, databases and publications with hard copy facility, for a wide range of MoD business units located across the UK and overseas.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Sept 2022, 11:29 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Sept 2022, 11:29 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025619- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0367f5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
MoD reviews will be held between 14 October 2022 and 28th October 2022
Publisher note: The PQQ will be live until 15:00 13th October 2022. Any responses received after this time/date will not be accepted or reviewed for down-selection.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.contracts.mod.uk/go/5352192401833092A074 ↗
- Submission deadline
- 13 Oct 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
13 Sept 2022 → 13 Oct 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published13 Sept 2022, 11:29 BST
- Submission deadline13 Oct 2022, 15:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Def Cmrcl HO_BP1Mediation body
- Stacey StoneReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria