PLANNED MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT RECERTIFICATION AND DOCKING FOR INTERNATIONAL LOADLINE SURVEY FOR HMC SEARCHER

Border Force (BF) is a Directorate of the Home Office. BF operate a fleet of five (5) Cutters. One of these Cutters, HMC Searcher (4207 Class), has a requirement for a period of dry dock to include; loadline and safety equipment recertification and general maintenance.

The full package of works required is detailed in the attached Statement of Requirements (SoR) - C17113 - SoR - HMC Searcher - LSAMAD - vf4.

Following this sourcing exercise based on written quotation, this contract will commence on week beginning the 10th February 2020. Upon successful acceptance of HMC Searcher by the supplier, the work package is required to be undertaken between week beginning 10th February 2020 and 30th March 2020 in line with the Cutters' operational working pattern.

The package is to be undertaken in the following geographic areas;

Bidders are required to submit their written quotations in both .pdf and .docx formats.

The purpose of this notice is to make the SoR available to, and invite, potential suppliers to confirm they can fully meet the requirements by providing a fully itemised written quotation for the complete and specified work package. The quotation is to be submitted in currency, GBP.

Those potential suppliers are invited to send an email to; Ian McDermott, Home Office Commercial at Ian.Mcdermott@homeoffice.gov.uk , confirming their interest in this opportunity, providing the itemised quotation, in addition to confirmation of yard availability on the stated dates. Furthermore, confirmation of agreement to the Home Office Standard Short Form Services Terms and Conditions (C17113 - T&Cs - HMC Searcher - LSAMAD) on which the contract will be awarded is required.

Quotations should also be accompanied by a Cardinal Date Plan (CDP) as stated in the SoR, section 5.4. All required documentation should be submitted via email to Ian McDermott, at the address above, no later than: 1500hrs GMT, Wednesday 31st January 2019.

Additional information: **The closing date has changed from 12:00, 29th January 2020 to 15:00, 31st January 2020**

The package is to be undertaken in the following geographic areas;

Bids in by 15:00pm GMT, Weds 31st January 2020.

Work starts - 10th February 2020.

Work finishes - 30th March 2020.