THE SUPPLY OF METALS

In April 2015 the MOD signed a thirteen year contract with Leidos Europe Ltd to provide the procurement and inventory management of commodity items (as well as the storage and distribution services) historically provided in-house by the Logistic Commodities and Services Operating Centre. Leidos, working with the MOD, will transform the way these services are delivered to ensure requirements continue to be met whilst providing best value for money for the department. The organisation delivering these services is Team Leidos.

Team Leidos would like to make interested suppliers aware that it intends to invite tenders for the Supply of Metals requirement, with a view to awarding the Contract(s) which will commence at the end of 2017.

Team Leidos intends to invite tenderers to bid against approximately 1,000 items. The requirement covers a wide range of metals in the following forms and materials, including but not limited to:

Some of these products listed may be required to comply with specified British Standards, European Norms and Defence Standards.

Team Leidos wishes to stimulate interest, information and views from across the Metals market via this Request for Information (RFI) together with other companies whom Leidos believes may be able to provide useful intelligence on our requirement. To aid your consideration a sample list of our current requirement can be provided on request by E-Mail using the point(s) of contact within this bulletin.

Team Leidos would therefore be grateful if you could answer the following questions:

• Do you impose minimum order quantities? If so, why and how do you manage these within your Supply Chain?