CS4D/1502 - Provision of Services to Joint Services Parachute Centre (Netheravon).
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
ARTD IPT, C&C;
Room 4A, Portacabin 8A, HQ ARTD, Trenchard Lines
Contact point(s): ARTD IPT Commercial team
For the attention of: Mr Adrian cooper
SN9 6BE Upavon
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1980618106
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Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Section II: Object of the contract
Service category No 27: Other services
NUTS code UK
The required services include:
a. Provision of an aviation service, comprising the availability of a fully-serviceable aircraft and suitably-qualified pilot during agreed periods throughout the year. The main role of this aviation service will be primarily to support parachuting activities, and will range from an average of 250 - 350 flying hours per annum, with an absolute maximum ceiling of 500 flying hours per annum.
b. Provision of a suitable substitute aircraft to be made available within one hour of the prime aircraft becoming unavailable for any reason, including scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
c. Provision of a suitably-qualified and experienced parachute rigger to undertake parachute rigging services.
d. Provision of a freefall parachute instructional service to be made available during agreed periods throughout the year. Notwithstanding any alternative innovative solution that may be proposed by bidders, it is strongly anticipated that this will most likely require the provision of 2 x suitably-qualified and experienced freefall parachute instructors.
Background:
The Joint Services Parachuting Centre (Netheravon) is part of the British Army’s Adventurous Training Group, and provides freefall parachuting to the UK Armed Forces as part of the Joint Services Adventurous Training (JSAT) Scheme. This is officially endorsed military training.
The Joint Services Parachuting Centre ("The Centre”) operates to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and British Parachute Association (BPA) regulations.
The Centre runs a combination of Basic and Advanced freefall parachute courses with up to 45 students under training at any one time, with a typical total annual throughput of 850 personnel from all Services of the UK Armed Forces. The estimated number of descents is approximately 8 000 to 9 000 per year.
The Centre operates on a full-time basis from January to November inclusive each year. During the months of December and January, parachute training is not normally scheduled, although some courses may occasionally run in January. This provides an opportunity for JSPC (N) staff to maintain and service the parachute equipment, to update training plans and to complete normal staff military training.
The vagaries of UK weather mean that in order to complete its training objectives, the Centre must take every opportunity to parachute. As student parachuting can only take place within defined safety limits, i.e. when the cloud base is at least 3 200 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) and the surface wind is less than 15 knots, a requirement often exists for students to be able to undertake parachute jumps in the early morning and/or late evening, and not just during the normal working- day period. Consequently, the services provided under this contract requirement must be flexible enough to be able to accommodate these varying training schedules at fairly short-notice.
Although the services required by the Authority under this requirement will primarily operate at Netheravon in Wiltshire (United Kingdom), there may occasionally be an ad-hoc requirement for some of these services to operate at / to other locations in the local vicinity on a short term/daily basis.
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Number of possible renewals: 2
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
Payable documents: no
Section VI: Complementary information
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: August 2017.
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, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.
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 GO Reference: GO-20121025-DCB-4342797.
ARTD IPT, C&C;
Room 4A, Portacabin 8A, HQ ARTD, Trenchard Lines
SN9 6BE Upavon
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1980618106
Fax: +44 1980615305
Body responsible for mediation procedures
ARTD IPT, C&C;
Room 4A, Portacabin 8A, HQ ARTD IPT, Trenchard Lines
SN9 6BE Upavon
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1980618106
Fax: +44 1980615305
ARTD IPT, C&C;
Room 4A, Portacabin 8A, HQ ARTD, Trenchard lines
SN9 6BE Upavon
UNITED KINGDOM