Procurement and Reliability In-Service Support of Diving and Life Support Equipment

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Dates to be corrected in the original notice: Place of dates to be added: II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract 3. Process Instead of: 08 May 2019 Time: 17:00 Read: 08 May 2019 Time: 17:00 Place of dates to be added: Section IV: Procedure IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate Instead of: 08 May 2019 Time: 17:00 Read: 08 May 2019 Time: 17:00 Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk The requirement under UEW/012 is for a single supplier framework agreement for the provision and in-service support of non-complex diving equipment. This includes: • Diving Clothing • Dive Ancillaries • Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Ancillaries • Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Tools • Sonar Marker Mine Recovery Outfits (SMMRO) • Hydraulic Tools • Cylinders • Diver Compressors • Dive Pumps The scope of the Contract is expected to expand as the Authority intends to procure several diving equipments over the duration of the Contract. The Authority will be responsibile for procuring new to service equipment, following an initital bedding-in period responsibility for further procurements and in-service support of that equipment will be passed to the Contractor under UEW/012. Over the course of the Contract the Contractor will be expected to sub-contract with the Authority's nominated supplier to enable further procurements and provide in-service support to that equipment. The specification of these additional equipments is not defined at this point but may include the following: • Hand Held Sonar • Heated Diving Gloves In-service support includes: • Supply Chain Management • Engineering Support • Post Design Services • Repairs and Modification • Spares provisioning • Safety Management, including maintenance of a Safety Case in accordance with DE