Ammunition

Tender description

The Authority has a possible future requirement to procure the following amounts of 12.7mm Ball Rounds for use within training and operational roles with the UK Armed Forces. First Delivery would be required by April of each year. The potential contract will be firm for 3 years, with the potential of options up to 5 years (estimated quantities required approx. 110 000 per year throughout); exact figures will be discussed and provided in the preceding September. Financial Year Rounds Required 2017 / 2018 30 000; 2018 / 2019 115 200; 2019 / 2020 115 200. It is the Authority's intention to remove all forms of Cobalt from In-Service Rounds; as such, a Solution free of Cobalt, including projectiles, will be looked upon favourably. Should this requirement proceed, a Contract Notice will be published and you will be invited to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, which will be measured against selected criteria in terms of Commercial and Technical requirements. The Technical requirement will be base lined against the current in-service model and user requirements and include questions regarding: Battlefield Effect; Terminal Effect; Climatic and Environment; Munition Sensitivity; System and Design Safety; Human Factors; Deployability; Training; Sustainment; Policy and Legal; Capability Resilience and Reliability. The weighting will be released within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to denote Key User Requirements, Mandatory, Priority 1 and Priority 2 requirements. Evidence will be required to demonstrate the ammunition can meet the Authority's requirements set. Any additional trials the Authority require to be undertaken will require sample ammunition to be supplied at the contractor's cost. On award of the Contract, the supplying contractor shall provide support to ensure full qualification and maintenance of this qualification throughout the duration of the Contract. This includes, but is not limited to, MOD Safe and Suitability for Service (S3) to assess the ammunition suitability with regard to the Manufacture to the Disposal sequence (MOD may terminate the Contract if any safety concerns become apparent). Any resultant munitions procured as a result of this Prior Information Notice will be subject to the relevant Quality Assurance Standards. The closing date for expressing your interest in this requirement and confirming you are capable of meeting it is 27.7.16.