CPV Hunter - Planned Maintenance and Safety Equipment Recertification

Description

Border Force (BF) is a Directorate of the Home Office. BF operate a fleet of six (6) Coastal Patrol Vessels (CPV), all CPVs are equipped and certified to Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) MGN 280 Workboat Code of Practice, (HSVC) Category 2, for service in waters up to 60 nautical miles from a safe haven. The full package of works required is detailed in the attached Statement of Requirements (SoR) (CPV Hunter - MSER - SOR - v1.0) and Bidding Tool (BT) (CPV Hunter - Biding Tool - v1.0). This opportunity will be let using the UK Government Short Form Terms and Conditions for Goods and Services (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-short-form-contract). This package of works is to be undertaken in the following geographic area; 1. South coast of England from Plymouth to Ramsgate. Bidders are required to submit their quotes utilising the Bidding Tool (CPV Hunter - MSER - Bidding Tool - v1.0). The purpose of this notice is to make the SoR and BT available to, and invite, potential suppliers to confirm they can fully meet the requirements by providing a fully itemised bid for the complete and specified work package. This contract will be awarded following evaluation of bids based on a combination of Price (75%) and responses to Technical questions (25%). Compliant bids meeting all the criteria in the bid documents, available below, will be assessed on the Price offered and the quality of responses to six Technical questions. The Authority reserves the right to verify information provided by the preferred bidder ahead of awarding a contract. Therefore, the following timeline for this contract only is as follows; 1. 1700hrs, 25 October 2024 - deadline for clarification submission to the Buyer. 2. 1700hrs, 1 November 2024 - deadline for submission of bidding tool and specified documents and acceptances. 3. From 5 November 2024 - evaluation/moderation. 4. (On or around) 15 November 2024 - contract award. 5. 2 December 2024 - Contract Start; and 6. 20 December 2024 - Contract End. The Buyer reserves the right to change or withdraw this opportunity, for any reason, at any point, prior to contract award. Bidders are invited to submit compliant bids by email to; MaritimeProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk no later than 1700hrs, 1 November 2024 quoting the procurement reference in the email subject line. Additional information: Please contact Maritimeprocurement@homeoffice.gov.uk if you are unable to view these files.