Provision of Managed Software Development, Solutions and Support for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defence Research.
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
Dstl
Porton Down
SP4 0JQ Salisbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1980658257
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 7: Computer and related services
NUTS code UKK1
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 36Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 GBP72212460, 72200000
Tasks to be completed under the contract may include (but are not limited to):
- Software development and documentation throughout the Software Development Lifecycle.
- Development of new software systems in the CBR defence research domain.
- Improvement and enhancement of Dstl's existing software systems to meet new or enhanced requirements.
- Support to the integration of Dstl's software systems into third-party systems, including systems belonging to our international partners.
- Developing new models and data analysis tools to be integrated into existing Dstl software systems.
- Improving and enhancing existing models or software systems.
- The fixing of errors in software systems and models as they are reported.
- Developing ‘cross-platform’ software which works on multiple platforms,
- Supervised use of modelling and simulation software tools in support of studies.
- Develop software to integrate with and operate scientific equipment (including prototypes).
- Support from the contractor will be required on Dstl sites.
- Support from the contractor may be needed outside of the UK, so foreign travel may be required.
Description of these options: There will be an option to extend for a further two 1-year periods.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Description of particular conditions: In accordance with the contract terms and conditions to be detailed in the invitation to tender documents.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#dspr
Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
Applicants will be assessed in accordance with the information provided in a PQQ.
Section IV: Procedure
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The Contracting Authority will use a Dynamic PQQ to down select an appropriate number of operators to proceed to Invitation to Tender stage.
Section VI: Complementary information
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
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on http://www.contracts.mod.uk.
You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: F9E8E978W8.
Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.
The deadline for submitting your response(s) is detailed within this contract notice, you will also have visibility of the deadline date, once you have added the Access code via DCO as the opening and closing date is visible within the opportunity.
Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this opportunity prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing or Telephone +44 845 270 7099.
GO Reference: GO-20131216-DCB-5336255Suppliers 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
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on http://www.contracts.mod.uk.
You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: F9E8E978W8.
Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.
The deadline for submitting your response(s) is detailed within this contract notice, you will also have visibility of the deadline date, once you have added the Access code via DCO as the opening and closing date is visible within the opportunity.
Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this opportunity prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing or Telephone + 44 845 270 7099.
GO Reference: GO-20131216-DCB-5336754DSTL, DSTL
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