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Published 26 Jan 2021, 12:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DFAP/0044 - Ground Fuel to Exercise

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureAccelerated
Published estimate£1,300,000≈ £433k / year
Submissions closed 16 Feb 2021
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2024 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2021
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The Authority requires Diesel fuel (DIESO MT (NATO Code F-54) complying with BS EN 590 (latest issue)) to be supplied into the Authority's Bulk Fuel Carrying Vehicles (BFCVs) or Deployable Bulk Fuel Installations (DBFIs) in order to provide fuel support to military exercises. It is anticipated that the requirement for filling the Authority's vehicles will be met by the Supplier's vehicles delivering fuel directly into the Authority's vehicles at a site that offers suitable security, accessibility and environmental protection. The supplies must be carried out on 9 training sites situated across the UK - details of these sites will be provided as part of the tender documentation.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority requires Diesel fuel (DIESO MT (NATO Code F-54) complying with BS EN 590 (latest issue)) to be supplied into the Authority's Bulk Fuel Carrying Vehicles (BFCVs) or Deployable Bulk Fuel Installations (DBFIs) in order to provide fuel support to military exercises. It is anticipated that the requirement for filling the Authority's vehicles will be met by the Supplier's vehicles delivering fuel directly into the Authority's vehicles at a site that offers suitable security, accessibility and environmental protection.

The DPBIs will be located in purpose built areas on military training areas.

CPV: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 3 yrsPublished value£1,300,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2021 – 31 Mar 2024 (3 yrs)
Delivery: North East, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South West · EAST OF ENGLAND,EAST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND),WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND),SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND),NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
Extensions: Year 1 & 2 will be firm year commitments. Year three (3) will be an optional year which will be activated by the Authority based on requirement towards the end of firm years one (1) and two (2).Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
26 Jan 2021, 12:32 GMT
Last source update
26 Jan 2021, 12:32 GMT
Award evaluation window
16 Feb 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001533
Accelerated
Issued electronically
Classification (CPV)
Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
Delivery area
North East (UKC)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028d53 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

If you are interested in bidding for this Tender please send an email to DESCommodities-Comrcl-Fuel@mod.gov.uk no later than five (5) working days before for the deadline stated below. You will then be provided with the AWARD® Virtual Tender Board login details when the portal is created, no later than 5 business days before the Tender submission date.

Your Tender must be submitted electronically via the AWARD® Virtual Tender Board by 16 February 2021, 10:00:00am (GMT). The Authority reserves the right to reject any Tender received after the stated date and time. Hard copy, paper or delivered digital Tenders (e.g. DVD) are no longer required and will not be accepted by the Authority. Tenderers are required to submit an electronic online Tender response to ITT DFAP/0044 — Ground Fuel to Exercise. You must provide one priced copy of your Tender and one unpriced copy. You should ensure that there are no prices present in your unpriced copy

Tenderers will receive AWARD® login details no later than 5 business days before the Tender submission date. Once logged into the AWARD® service, uploading and submission instructions will be readily available. Login details will be sent via two separate automatically generated emails. Tenderers should ensure their local mail application settings allow receipt of computer-generated emails.

AWARD® is security accredited to OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE. Material that is protectively marked above this classification must not be uploaded.

A Tender Board is a group of independent commercial officers who carry out a tender receipt process for competitive tenders, revise and confirm, and best and final offers. The Tender Board meets on a pre-set date and time to open and process tender documents before sending them to acquisition teams for evaluation.

The Tender Board ensures that bids are opened and processed in an open and transparent way. MOD can therefore prove that bids have not been altered or tampered with following receipt, preventing allegations of fraud or corruption.

Publisher note: If you are interested in this Tender, please send an email to DESCommodities-Comrcl-Fuel@mod.gov.uk no later than five (5) business days before the deadline (9th February 2021) to request the DFAP/0044 - Ground Fuels to Exercise Tendering documents and, when available, you will be provided the AWARD Virtual Tender Board log-in details. 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 GO Reference: GO-2021126-DCB-17697781

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
16 Feb 2021, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Feb 2021, 10:00 GMT

Timeline

26 Jan 2021 → 1 Apr 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    26 Jan 2021, 12:32 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Feb 2021, 10:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    16 Feb 2021, 10:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Defence Fuel Acquisition Programme (DFAP)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Abbey Wood, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Defence Fuels Acquisition Programme (DFAP)Review body Bristol

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria