--- title: "Freight Handling Facility (FHF) procurement at RAF Brize Norton - Early Market Engagement and Request for Information (RFI)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-91dda8ee-3d1a-42f7-9bfd-99fdeaf7b5a8" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-91dda8ee-3d1a-42f7-9bfd-99fdeaf7b5a8" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-91dda8ee-3d1a-42f7-9bfd-99fdeaf7b5a8.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-91dda8ee-3d1a-42f7-9bfd-99fdeaf7b5a8.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE" published: "2022-12-14" --- # Freight Handling Facility (FHF) procurement at RAF Brize Norton - Early Market Engagement and Request for Information (RFI) Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-91dda8ee-3d1a-42f7-9bfd-99fdeaf7b5a8 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-91dda8ee-3d1a-42f7-9bfd-99fdeaf7b5a8) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-91dda8ee-3d1a-42f7-9bfd-99fdeaf7b5a8.json) ## Summary The Ministry of Defence is planning a Freight Handling Facility procurement at RAF Brize Norton. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase. The engagement for this procurement ends on 9th January 2023. The aim of this early market engagement is to assess potential procurement options. Early Market Engagement Sessions will be held from 17th to 19th January 2023. The procurement opportunity falls under the industry category of construction work. This tender for the Freight Handling Facility at RAF Brize Norton presents opportunities for businesses involved in construction, logistics, and infrastructure development. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are well-suited to compete in the early market engagement phase. Interested parties should take note of the key dates, including the closure of responses on 9th January 2023. The Ministry of Defence, as the contracting authority, aims to modernize its facilities to meet the future demands of the Armed Forces, ensuring compliance with regulations and enhancing security measures. ## Notice The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is issuing this Request For Information (RFI), without call for competition and without commitment, to invite companies to participate in the Early Market Engagement phase of the procurement of a new Freight Handling Facility at RAF Brize Norton - by completing the linked RFI. The detail regarding the approach and requirements associated with Early Market Engagement is contained within the attachments to this notice and can be found on the DSP: 1. Request For Information (RFI) Summary Note for the Freight Handling Facility (FHF) at RAF Brize Norton, 2. Requirement Summary Document for the Freight Handling Facility (FHF) at RAF Brize Norton. The RFI document itself can be found by clicking "View DSP Opportunities" at: https://www.contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html under the title: "706234451 - 20221209 - Freight Handling Facility - RFI". Information requested : To ensure future Defence capability is maintained the Authority is embarking on a modernisation agenda, informed by industry, to ensure that it is resourced and configured to support the future needs of the Armed Forces. The new FHF has been identified as a particularly important part of this modernisation agenda, replacing the original facilities and to enable Brize Norton to meet the high demand signal set by Defence Strategic Direction (DSD). The new FHF should be in full compliance with military and civilian regulations including CAA, NASP, IATA and HMRC (full list will be provided during the procurement stage), both information and physical security, within a secure and safe environment, through an integrated infrastructure and material handling equipment solution. To enable this a series of Early Market Engagement Sessions will be held from 17th - 19th January 2023. The aim of the Early Market Engagement is to gain an understanding of the market view around potential procurement options, and to further facilitate an informed approach to the development of a procurement strategy by assessing the advantages and disadvantages of various options. To facilitate this the Authority has created an RFI document with an overview of the requirement and the potential contractual approaches. The RFI also contains a range of questions that the Authority invites all interested parties to complete to further understand the feasibility of the proposed approach - for full information on the structure and requirements of this Early Market Engagement, please see the following: - Request For Information (RFI) Summary Note for the Freight Handling Facility (FHF) at RAF Brize Norton - Requirement Summary Document for the Freight Handling Facility (FHF) at RAF Brize Norton Total value: PS60,000,000 - PS90,000,000 The Authority PoCs: - Sqn Ldr, Martyn Donald Martyn.Donald712@mod.gov.uk - Rashmi Bhatt Rashmi.Bhatt100@mod.gov.uk The RFI will close to responses at 18:00 (GMT) on 9th January 2023 Additional information: In issuing this RFI, the MOD is not committing to conduct any procurement / or calling a competition in relation to the new FHF at Brize Norton. Equally, non-participation in this Early Market Engagement will not be taken into account in any future procurement activities and will not preclude any organisation from submitting a tender in any future competitions. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c3d43cd8-17b7-49c7-816a-6c97bf2ef759 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 9 Jan 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Post town | Bristol | | Postcode | BS34 8JH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire | | Local authority | South Gloucestershire | | Electoral ward | Stoke Park & Cheswick | | Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 45 - Construction work ### Codes - 45000000 - Construction work ## Release History - 14 Dec 2022 at 09:23 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c3d43cd8-17b7-49c7-816a-6c97bf2ef759 - 14 Dec 2022 at 08:16 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c14ef292-518a-4066-96bd-20c008a8c737 - 14 Dec 2022 at 08:15 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d728a66e-6e59-4f71-80f5-97674bab1494 - 13 Dec 2022 at 16:29 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a68b9d7e-4eac-4a97-96ce-888c08e4ef15 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c3d43cd8-17b7-49c7-816a-6c97bf2ef759 14th December 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c14ef292-518a-4066-96bd-20c008a8c737 14th December 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d728a66e-6e59-4f71-80f5-97674bab1494 14th December 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a68b9d7e-4eac-4a97-96ce-888c08e4ef15 13th December 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/fa596f8e-ebfd-45a0-90f9-5bfc56890929 n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/48eee4e4-12fc-41f9-a348-7de3ac0780a7 n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/773f05ae-9831-4b0e-9b72-f064c4fb76cc n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6c65cab1-b702-4fae-a3bb-aac0830acbf9 n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7ddbda39-2642-4311-a224-e136cd711beb n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1f1e6ec1-8522-4a3f-853a-630db41ab9c2 n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/95216e69-1855-42ef-9bec-09d2a9fdd09c n/a - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c3005f94-34e9-4d6f-bba4-89f356ebf93d n/a ## Notice URLs - https://www.contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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