UK Research & Innovation: NERC Research Vessels Refit, Upgrade and Maintenance Services

UK-Cambridge: Repair and maintenance services of ships.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       UK Research & Innovation
       NERC, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7545650605, Email: BASProcurement@ukri.org
       Contact: David Williams
       Main Address: www.ukri.org
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity:    
   Other activity: Scientific Research

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: NERC Research Vessels Refit, Upgrade and Maintenance Services    
          Reference number: UKRI-1441
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      50241000 - Repair and maintenance services of ships.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      This PIN is to advise the market of UKRI/NERC intentions regarding the planned creation of a framework for refit and maintenance of UKRI-NERC owned vessels.

UKRI/NERC owns three ocean going research ships. It requires refit and maintenance services for:
-Planned and unplanned refit and maintenance work.
-Modifications to reduce the carbon footprint of the vessels.

It is intended that a market engagement event will be held on a date to be confirmed. Please refer to the additional information field for details on how to express an interest and information regarding the Market Engagement Event          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 45,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: Yes          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 1    
   II.2.1) Title: Lot 1 – Vessels operated by the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton (NOCS)
         Lot Number: 1          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      50241100 - Vessel repair services.          
      50245000 - Upgrading services of ships.          
      50241000 - Repair and maintenance services of ships.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      UKRI-NERC owns three ocean going research ships. It requires refit and maintenance services for:
-Planned and unplanned refit and maintenance work.
-Modifications to reduce the carbon footprint of the vessels.
The requirement will be met using one procurement under the two stage restricted procedure covering of all three of the UKRI-NERC vessels, although the procurement will be split into two lots as follows.

Lot 1 – Vessels operated by the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton (NOCS)
-Royal Research Ship (RRS) “James Cook”
-Royal Research Ship (RRS) “Discovery”
-Any vessel owned or chartered by UKRI
Further information on the RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook can be found at: https://noc.ac.uk/facilities/ships

Services are to commence early in 2022 and will be for an initial period of 3 years, with two further optional one year extensions.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 2    
   II.2.1) Title: Lot 2 – Vessels operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
         Lot Number: 2          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      50241100 - Vessel repair services.          
      50245000 - Upgrading services of ships.          
      50241000 - Repair and maintenance services of ships.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      UKRI-NERC owns three ocean going research ships. It requires refit and maintenance services for:
-Planned and unplanned refit and maintenance work.
-Modifications to reduce the carbon footprint of the vessels.
The requirement will be met using one procurement under the two stage restricted procedure covering of all three of the UKRI-NERC vessels, although the procurement will be split into two lots as follows.

Vessels operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
•Royal Research Ship (RRS) “Sir David Attenborough” (SDA)
•Any vessel owned or chartered by UKRI
Further information on the RRS Sir David Attenborough can be found at: https://www.bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/sites-and-facilities/facility/rrs-sir-david-attenborough/

Services are to commence early in 2022 and will be for an initial period of 3 years, with two further optional one year extensions.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided

II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         30/06/2021
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   If you would like to express an interest in relation to this requirement, please send an email with the title “UKRI-1441 NERC Research Vessels Refit, Upgrade and Maintainance Services Framework– Expression of Interest” to BASProcurement@ukri.org
Please include your company name and contact details in this email.
There will be a Supplier Event in relation to this requirement on the a date to be confirmed to present the aims of the project and the procurement process. It will also give suppliers a chance to ask any questions. The event will take place via Zoom.
If you wish to attend the Supplier Event, please confirm your attendance to the above email address.

Details on how to join the event will be sent out by following confirmation of the date.
Please note, all suppliers that express an interest in this requirement will receive all the information that is shared at the Supplier Event, even if they cannot attend
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 21/05/2021