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Ministry of Defence

IRM21/7574 - The Repair and Calibration of General Purpose testing & Measuring Equipment (GPTME)

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50000000 50400000 50430000
Value£7.6m
Deadline1 Nov 2023
Published22 Sept 2023
RegionWest Midlands
Timeline
Published 22 Sept 2023ClosedCloses 1 Nov 2023
Contract value in context
£7.6mtotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£8.2m

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The brief

**This Notice is for Transparency Purposes Only** Babcock Land Defence Limited acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence ("the Authority") has under consideration a 3-year Framework Agreement, for the Calibration & Repair of General-Purpose Testing and Measuring Equipment (GPTME) currently in service in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The requirement is split into 7 lots: Lot 1 - The Repair and Calibration of Amplifiers, Attenuators & Filters, Bridges & Calibrators, EMC, ESD, Probes & Radiological, Logic & Network Analysers Lot 2 - The Calibration and Repair of Oscilloscopes, Pulse Generators & Timers, Frequency, Modulation Meters, Directional Couplers & Power, Signal Analysers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analysers & Waveform Analyser Lot 3 - The Calibration and Repair of Insulation testers, Potentiometers, RCD & Portable Appliance testers, Clamps & Multimeters, Capacitance, Resistance Meters & Voltage Standards Lot 4 - The Repair and Calibration of Distortion meters, Measuring Receiver, Radio Test Sets & Antenna Lot 5 - Removed due to the absence of sufficient pre-qualified bidders Lot 6 - Removed due to the absence of sufficient pre-qualified bidders Lot 7 - The Repair and Calibration of Dimensional, Force & hardness, Torque and Pressure Items Lot 8 - The Repair and Calibration of Acoustics, Synchro Test Set, Humidity & Temperature and Tachometer Items Lot 9 - The repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items The successful contractor(s) will be required to calibrate/repair Articles to UKAS and/or OEM specifications and calibration standards identified with an accompanying Certificate of Calibration and/or Certificate of Conformance detailing results of any applicable output tests.

The successful contractor will be required to supply all spares/components necessary to undertake the repair process.

The contract has an estimated value of £5.6 million (split accordingly over the 7 lots).

Each individual lot shall be awarded to the bidder who provides the Most Economically Advantageous commercially compliant tender(s) gaining the highest Weighted Vale for Money (VFM) index score.

Weightings have been applied to the three areas under evaluation, and shall be as follows: 55% - Technical Capability 10% - Social Values 35% - Cost The resulting contract shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality and shall include remedies for poor performance.

The Authority shall award the Contract in accordance with the evaluation criteria which will be detailed in the Invitation To Tender

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The successful contractor(s) will be required

The successful contractor(s) will be required to calibrate/repair Articles to UKAS and/or OEM specifications and calibration standards identified with an accompanying Certificate of Calibration and/or Certificate of Conformance detailing results of any applicable output tests.

02

The successful contractor will be required

The successful contractor will be required to supply all spares/components necessary to undertake the repair process.

03

Each individual lot shall be awarded

Each individual lot shall be awarded to the bidder who provides the Most Economically Advantageous commercially compliant tender(s) gaining the highest Weighted Vale for Money (VFM) index score.

04

Weightings have been applied to the three

Weightings have been applied to the three areas under evaluation, and shall be as follows:.

05

The resulting contract shall contain a set

The resulting contract shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality and shall include remedies for poor performance.

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