IRM22/7609 - The Supply of Mechanical Spares & Associated Items

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 Supply of Mechanical Spares &Associated Items. The requirement is split into 4 lots.

Lot 1 - Fasteners, Fixings, Springs, Couplings, Adaptors & Conduits 1,408 NSNs - Estimated value £5.8M

Lot 2 - Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Pipes, Hoses & Tubes 846 NSNs - Estimated value £2.7M

Lot 3 - Bearings, Seals, Gaskets & O-Rings 537 NSNs - Estimated value £2.4M

Lot 4 - Industrial supplies 280 NSNs - Estimated value £6.1M

All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs).

Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers and shall be informed of any required applicable compliance standards. Tenderers shall be expected to provide items which comply with the requirements of CSIS (the Codification Support Information Systems maintained by the United Kingdom National Codification Bureau). Some items are required to be procured to a drawing which will be circulated as appropriate.

This Contract is intended to include circa 3000 NSN's with an advertised contract value of £15m -£20m (Split accordingly over the 4 lots).

Each individual lot shall be awarded to the bidder who provides the most economically advantageous tender based on the basket of goods provided in Annex A to Schedule 2 - Price List and responses to the Obsolescence, Quality and Social Values questions.