Specialist Support – Aerial Dispersant Spray Procurement

Tender description

The purpose of the procurement is to source a qualified and experienced Oil Spill Response Specialist (the OSR Specialist) to provide advice to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA, Agency, or Authority) in relation to technical matters, industry engagement and requirements drafting related to the replacement of the MCAs Aerial Dispersant Spray Service. Lot 1: Work Package 1 (WP1) Pre-procurement Support: • Review existing Aerial Dispersant Spray contract, with consideration for current MCA intellectual property rights on existing equipment. • Review the findings of the MCA’s Oil Spill Risk Review, a study the MCA commissioned in 2020 to look at the current and future threat of marine oil pollution from shipping and offshore installations. • Considering the findings of the MCA’s Oil Spill Risk Review and the views of end users, advise the MCA as it develops a set of draft requirements for a future Aerial Dispersant Spray service. • Assist the MCA’s market engagement programme, which shall include: o Developing a plan for industry engagement; o Identifying prospective service providers; o Advising on communications with prospective service providers; and o Planning and running industry engagement events. • Report on the findings of the industry engagement programme. • Advise the MCA as it finalises a set of requirements for the Aerial Dispersant Spray Service, taking into consideration the findings of the market engagement activity and end user input. Work Package 2 (WP2): Support to Procurement Process • Provide expert knowledge and advice to assist MCA staff and MCA legal advisors with the creation of contractual mechanisms to measure and incentivise supplier performance. • Alongside MCA staff and MCA contracted legal support, provide expert knowledge and advice to assist with the creation of procurement documents, in particular to establish evaluation criteria and a robust bidder selection process. • Participate in the evaluation of tenders and in subsequent consensus and moderation meetings. • Provide expert advice during negotiations to support the MCA’s position. • Support the MCA in communications with bidders throughout the procurement, particularly in response to bidder technical queries. • Support the MCA in communications with stakeholders throughout the procurement, particularly in response to bidder technical queries. Work Package 3 (WP3): Post-Procurement Support • Provide drafting assistance to the MCA and its legal advisors for the technical parts of the Aerial Dispersant Spray Contract as this document is finalised. • Continue to provide advice post-contract-award, as required, to support the contract transition process and help resolve any issues or disputes which arise. • Design and present material to facilitate knowledge transfer.