Electrical components. Plugs and sockets. Lamps. Mains connections. Electrical resistors. Boards and fuse boxes. A four year framework for the supply of a range of approximately 10 000 electrical components, sub assemblies and minor equipments with options to extend the duration to 5 and then to 6 years. The range includes airworthy items that must be supplied with full lot traceability and certificates of conformity. Deliveries will be required to MoD warehouses and direct to military units.

Ordering, receipting and invoicing will be electronic via DECS P2P (details at www.d2btrade.com).

Please note that the requirement to which this notice relates comes under Logistic Commodities and Services (LCS), formed on 1 Aug 2011. LCS is determining the future strategy for all commodities and services within its remit and may, in the future, place a contract for the supply of services which may include the provision of articles (or services) which are covered by this notice. In this event, the Authority may satisfy its requirements from the LCS service contract and no further orders will be placed against any framework arising from this notice.

Supplier selection will be by Pre Qualification Questionnaire. The Authority reserves the right to seek clarification to PQQ responses.

The mandatory exclusion and discretionary exclusion criteria at section III.2.1 are shown below.

1 List of Convictions for Mandatory Exclusion (Article 39(1))

— (a) participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2 of Joint Action 98/733/JHA(1) of 21 December 1998 adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on making it a criminal offence to participate in a criminal organisation in the Member States of the European Union (OJ L 351, 29.12.1998,p. 1);

— (b) corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Act of 26.5.1997(2) drawing up, on the basis of ArticleK.3 (2) (c) of the Treaty on European Union, the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union (OJ C 195,25.6.1997, p. 1) and Article 2(1) of Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA;

— (c) fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities (OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 49. (1);

— (d) terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, as defined in Articles 1 and 3 of Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA of 13.6.2002 on combating terrorism (OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3). (2) respectively, or inciting, aiding or abetting or attempting to commit an offence, as referred to in Article 4 of that Framework Decision;

— (e) money laundering and terrorist financing, as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26.10.2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing(OJ L 309, 25.11.2005, p. 15).

2 List of Misconduct for Discretionary Exclusion (Article 39(2))

— (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where its affairs are being administered by a court, where it has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where it has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

— (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by a court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

— (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning its professional conduct, such as, for example, infringement of existing legislation on the export of defence and/or security equipment;

— (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority/entity can supply, such as a breach of obligations regarding security of information or security of supply during a previous contract;

— (e) has been found, on the basis of any means of evidence, including protected data sources, not to possess the reliability necessary to exclude risks to the security of the Member State;

— (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which it is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority/entity;

— (g) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which it is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority/entity;

— (h) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section, or has not supplied such information.

Additional pass/fail criteria provided in the PQQ will be Economic and Financial Standing and Quality Accreditation.

The Applicant’s financial ability to meet this requirement will be assessed on a risk basis and the Applicant’s financial accounts will be evaluated the Authority. Factors that will be taken into consideration when evaluating the accounts include: turnover; profitability; liquidity and working capital; debt; cashflow. The MOD will also examine the financial health of any holding company or subsidiary of the applicant company where it is part of a group. When assessing the financial health of an organisation the Authority will also taken into consideration any Auditor’s opinion, for example qualifications or emphasis of matter statements. The Authority’s opinion may be validated using financial credit agencies such as Company Watch and Dunn and Bradstreet. If examination of the financial accounts exposes the potential for an applicant to experience financial difficulty, then the Authority will determine the level of risk that it is willing to bear in fulfilling the requirement. Evaluation of the accounts will attract an acceptable or non-acceptable risk marking. A non-acceptable risk marking will constitute a fail and the applicant's PQQ response will not be considered further.

The pass/fail criterion for Quality Accreditation is certification with appropriate scope by an accredited body to BS EN 9001:2008 or equivalent.

Applicants that are successful with regard to the pass/fail criteria will be down selected if necessary to a maximum of 6 bidders using a scored evaluation of the following criteria, listed in no particular order: sustainability; performance management; innovation; supply chain management; collaborative working; and capability.