General Support Enabling Contracts.

Descriptions

Miscellaneous spare parts. The Authority is considering establishing a minimum of 3 Enabling Contracts to provide an enduring means of ordering Land Supply requirements that are not covered by other long term arrangements. The scope of the requirement shall include those items that have been purchased against the existing DSG LSBU General Support Enabling Contracts and items that are currently subject to ad-hoc purchasing. The duration of the Contracts shall be firm for 2 years with an option to extend for a further year.The initial competition shall be conducted on a sample of items that are representative of the range of items in scope of this requirement. Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers and the associated manufacturer's part number. Tenderers shall be expected to source line items using ISIS. In exceptional circumstances, Tenderers shall be provided with a copy of the relevant drawing.The Authority shall award the Contracts based upon best value for Defence. Full details of the Tender evaluation criteria and the Contract award decision process shall be provided in the ITT.Post-Contract award, each of the successful Contractors shall be provided with a list of new requirements on a periodic basis. Each Contractor shall be required to supply prices and lead-times for those items within a specified time-frame. Line items shall then be added to the Contract offering the most favourable terms. All items awarded to the Contracts shall then be further competed on an annual basis.It is the Authority's intention to operate electronic trading by migrating the Contracts to Purchase 2 Payment (P2P) from the outset.Any resulting Contracts 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.In accordance with the Government's transparency agenda, the Authority shall publish the Tender and Contract documents online. Further guidance shall be provided with the ITT.