13 Jan 17. United Kingdom-London: Radiation protection services.
2016/S 246-450373
Prior information notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
SW1P 4DF London
United Kingdom
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)Main activity
General public services
Defence
Public order and safety
Social protection
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II.B: Object of the contract (Supplies or services)
II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Maintenance and Provision of Radiological and Nuclear Mobile and Fixed Detection Equipment.
II.2)Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 27: Other services
United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, its waters and juxtaposed ports in Europe.
NUTS code UK
II.3)Information on framework agreement
II.4)Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
The Home Office wishes to enter a market engagement exercise for its potential requirements for maintenance, support and the provision of mobile and fixed radiological and nuclear detection equipment across the UK and juxtaposed ports to detect and prevent the illicit importation of radiological and nuclear materials.
This requirement is with regards to detection equipment and related support services, however this component forms part of a larger, nationwide RN Detection capability which are and will be subject to separate commercial arrangements.
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90721600, 31642000, 35000000, 35113200, 35113300, 35120000, 35121000, 38341000, 38430000, 38546000, 38546100, 38581000, 38940000, 45315100, 45316210, 48210000, 48211000, 50000000, 50116100, 50312300, 50312600, 50324100, 50324200, 50343000, 50410000, 50530000, 50600000, 50610000, 51000000, 51100000, 51200000, 51411000, 51500000, 51540000, 73421000, 98113100
II.6)Scheduled date for start of award procedures
II.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.8)Additional information:
The Home Office seeks to engage with potential providers for their views on the following potential requirements:
— Establishment of a common, consistent service for the support and maintenance of fixed and mobile radiological/nuclear detection technologies, operational before March 2018.
— Replacement of a number of lanes of fixed detectors with a semi-portable detection solution that incorporates Gamma spectroscopy before March 2018.
— Make provision for the trial, deployment and introduction into service of enhancements to existing detection systems and new fixed and mobile detection technologies.
— As part of the Strategic Service Integration Project, the transition of the existing service to a disaggregated services model of which detection is a part of the whole system.
In order to provide your input to our market engagement exercise, the Home Office invites organisations to complete our pro forma and submit via our eSourcing Suite.
To gain access to the proforma and to submit a response, you must first be registered on the eSourcingSuite. If you have not already yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, it can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link ‘Supplier eSourcing Registration’. Please note that, to register, you must h