706439450 - Ships Protective Systems (SPS) Cathodic & Shaft Grounding In-Service Support (ISS)

The Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Underwater and Electronic Warfare (UEW) team is responsible for providing in-service support (ISS) to Ships Protective Systems (SPS) equipment across the Royal Navy (RN) Fleet and Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) direct to Platform teams and front-line units.

As part of this in-service support Cathodic Protection (CP) and Shaft Grounding (SG) are two groups of equipment used in SPS:

a. CP prevents hull and component corrosion by using sacrificial anodes and/or impressed current systems. Corrosion can reduce the safety and reliability of ships’ structures and components. The deterioration of these structures causes higher maintenance costs, early system failures, or an overall shortened service life.

b. SG protects the propeller components against corrosion by grounding the static electricity, generated by the turning propeller, to the hull.

Any potential bidder may be required to provide for an example the following services:

Core Activities

The Contractor shall provide the following in-service support elements:

• System Design Authority Management
• Project Management
• Quality Management
• Risk Management
• Health, Safety & Environmental Management
• Obsolescence Management
• Configuration Management
• Software Support
• Supply Chain management and reporting
• Equipment Upkeep Management
• Post Design Services
• Technical Support

Supply Support – Non-Core

• Supply Support Activities
• Single item ownership
• Support and Test Equipment
• Accounting Classification
• Supply of stock
• Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transport

Equipment Upkeep Management – Non-Core

• Repair and Refurbishment of Articles
• Testing
• Calibration
• Disposal

Post Design and Technical Services – Non-Core

• Post Design Services
• Technical Services
• Task Initiation
• Contractors on Deployed Operations (CONDO)

Any potential bidder that may be interested in this potential requirement are to register their interest via the Defence Sourcing Portal: https://www.contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html

The indicative release date of the DPQQ is February 2023.

This PIN is not a means to seek formal expressions of interest. The Authority reserves the right not to issue a DPQQ and Contract Notice, and not to proceed to ITT following a DPQQ process.