Official UK procurement notice
Defence Virtual Simuluation 2
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDefence Virtual Simulation 2 (DVS2) will provide a common, interoperable, accessible and deployable software enabler(s) for simulation-based activity across Defence.
Defence Virtual Simulation 2 (DVS2) will provide a low fidelity , common virtual simulation tool(s) that exploits Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) games-based technology. It is intended for use as widely as possible, underpinning the interoperability of training systems and enabling its use for applications including decision support; research and development; training; and operations planning and rehearsal, that is free at the point of use.
DVS2 is a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) software provided over a period of up to 10 years (made up of 5 years managed service contract + 3 x 1 years options which the Authority reserves the right to take as a combination, or as 1 year increments, resulting in perpetual unsupported licences for final 2 years).
The solution is interoperable with extant and future simulations, both nationally and internationally, through the use of open standards and import and export content in open standards (DMaSC & CIGI compliant).
The solution is licensed at an appropriate level providing enterprise, unrestricted use and distribution by the MoD, thereby enabling widespread use and development opportunities.
CPV: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · Training and simulation in aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts · Training and simulation in firearms and ammunition · Training and simulation in military electronic systems · Training and simulation in military vehicles · Training and simulation in warships · Training services in defence and security materials
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (12)
- Structures: 9%
- Equipment: 5.3%
- Life Forms/Actors: 6%
- Missions: 9%
- Visualisation: 11.5%
- System Architecture: 7%
- User Control: 9%
- Through-Life Support: 5.8%
- Managed Service and Behaviour: 6.6%
- Training: 7.8%
- Social Value: 10%
- Environment: 13%
Published award criteria (16)
- Environment: 13
- Structures: 9
- Equipment: 5.3
- Life Forms/Actors: 6
- Missions: 9
- Visualisation: 11.5
- System Architecture: 7
- User Control: 9
- Deployability: Pass/Fail
- Non-Functional: Pass/Fail
- Through-Life Support: 5.8
- Governance and Compliance: Pass/Fail
- Managed Service and Behaviour: 6.6
- Training: 7.8
- Social Value: 10
- Safety and Environmental: Pass/Fail
- Suitability
The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 39(2) of Directive 2009/81/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the DSPCR 2011) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of these criteria are at www.dcocontracts.mod.uk/delta/project/reason… ↗
- Suitability
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.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 39(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest (including defence and security factors) for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 39(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
- Economic & financial standing
(a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance
information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: evidence of appropriate professional risk indemnity; at least 2 years certified audited accounts in statutory form, profit and loss account and balance sheet; statement of overall turnover to be provided with DPQQ. A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier’s financial status. An overall pass/fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the parent company where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation will be utilised as part of this process.
Minimum: The estimated average annual contract value is between 500,000 GBP- 2,500,000 GBP. If the estimated average annual contract value is greater than 40 % of the supplier’s turnover, the Authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where t… - Economic & financial standing
(a) appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years of the economic operator, of:
(i) the overall turnover of the business of the economic operator; and
(ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract.
Evidence of appropriate professional risk indemnity; at least 2 years certified audited accounts in statutory form, profit and loss account and balance sheet; statement of overall turnover to be provided with DPQQ. A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier’s financial status. An overall pass/fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the parent company where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation will be utilised as part of this process.
Minimum: The Authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the Authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, e.g. such evidence may include: 1) Any additional… - Technical & professional ability
(a) in the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability
(c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past five years, or during a shorter period if necessary, and: (i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; (ii) the consideration received; (iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided; (iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided; and (v) where - (a)that person was not a contracting authority, and (b)the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by the economic operator attesting the details of the goods sold or services provided
(d) a statement of the technicians or technical services available to the economic operator to: (i) carry out the work under the contract, or (ii) be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract, particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the economic operator
(e) a statement of the economic operator's: (i) technical facilities; (ii) measures for ensuring quality; (iii) study and r…
Minimum: The Authority reserves the right under Article 21(5) of Directive 2009/81/EC to reject any subcontractor chosen by the main contractor at any stage of the contract award procedure or during performance of the contract if that subcontractor: 1) Requires access to classified inform… - Technical & professional ability
The main Contractor will be required to provide evidence of its subcontractor’s ability to process, store and transmit classified information at UK Official by describing the required Facility Security Clearance (FSC) granted by its National or Designated Security Authority.
Minimum: The Authority reserves the right under Article 21(5) of Directive 2009/81/EC to reject any subcontractor chosen by the main contractor at any stage of the contract award procedure or during performance of the contract if that subcontractor: 1) Requires access to classified inform…
- Legal form for consortia
- If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Authority. The Authority shall require the group to form a wholly legal entity before entering into the contract.
- Second stage candidates
- 2–6 candidates invited to tender
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 20.2 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Feb 2021, 14:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Apr 2022, 17:07 BST
- Authority reference
701575511 - TSSP/134- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010325- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0292ccFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
The Contract and Services provided will be made against an agreed payment plan. Payments will follow successful delivery and acceptance of services. The end to end process for the afore mentioned conditions shall be handled within the CP&F system (The DE&S Procurement and Payments software). Financing and payment conditions shall be included in the ITN.
- Other terms
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 a Security Aspects Letter, the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the Security Aspects Letter to reflect these changes in national law or government policy whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific; protective markings given, the aspects of which any protective marking applies or otherwise.
Candidates may be required to have the necessary Personal Security Clearances (PSCs) and may need to have access to facilities with security clearance (Facility Security Clearance “FSC’s”) e.g. on the list X register in the UK. Candidates which do not yet hold security clearance may obtain such clearance prior to the anticipated Contract award. This requirement will be detailed further at ITN.
The Cyber Risk Assessment for the procurement is MODERATE, as defined in DEFSTAN 05-138.
The Cyber Risk Profile for this requirement identified by the Cyber Risk Assessment is Moderate (Reference – RAR-BA339KDZ). As the Assessment has been deemed as Moderate potential suppliers will need to verify their identity before they are able to complete an Supplier Assurance Questionnaire (SAQ). This is a requirement which may take up to a week to complete before being able to access the SAQ.
All suppliers must complete a SAQ, via the Supplier Cyber Protection Service, to demonstrate their level of compliance against the required Cyber Risk Level. The reference number is RAR-BA339KDZ.
Tenderers must, as a minimum, have Cyber Essentials Plus and conform to the MODERATE DEFSTAN 05-138 controls.
If the tenderer cannot meet the level of security controls required by the contract start date it does not mean an immediate fail. The tenderer should submit a Cyber Implementation Plan (CIP) as part of their tender submission detailing the steps they would take to meet the necessary controls, together with associated timescales, details of any equivalent standards they have, or reasons why they are unable to comply.
For note, the requirement for compliance with the cyber security controls is being extended to apply throughout the Defence supply chain. Where the prime contractor intends to sub-contract any part of the requirement, they must assess the cyber risk for that sub-contract and ensure their supply chain has the appropriate controls, or an agreed implementation plan, in place prior to sub-contract award.
TUPE may apply from the current in-service Defence Virtual Simulation Contract.
Publisher note: Please note the overall through-life cost for this Contract is anticipated to be £25,000,000 (in line with the original Contract Notice), this includes potential uptake of priced options. The awarded contract value for the core 5 year duration is £7,199,994 original Contract Notice link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002917-2021?origin=SearchResults&p=1
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Apr 2021, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Deposits and guarantees
The Authority reserves the right to ask for an Indemnity, guarantee or bank bond if the supplier does not meet the standard for economic and financial standing. A parent company guarantee may also be required dependent on the formation and financial standing of the contracting business.
Timeline
1 Apr 2021 → 20 Apr 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline1 Apr 2021, 17:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected9 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published20 Apr 2022, 17:07 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Apr 2022- Status changed to complete20 Apr 2022, 17:07 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Apr 2022, 17:07 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemia Interactive Simulations (UK) LtdSMEDefence Virtual Simulation 2 | £25,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Defence Virtual Simulation 2 · Bohemia Interactive Simulations (UK) LtdSME
- Signed
- 14 Apr 2022
- Value
- £25,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP)Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- DE&S MODMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bohemia Interactive Simulations (UK) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.