Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Babcock Land Defence Limited, Building B15, MOD Donnington
Telford
TF2 8JT
For the attention of
IRM Procurement Repair Team
Email(s)
IRMProcurementRepairTeam@babcockinternational.com
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
IRM16/1297 - Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services
NUTS code
- UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin
two.1.3) Information on framework agreement
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Ministry of Defence (the Authority), has awarded a single source contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) for the provision of Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System for a period of 3 (three) years.
Please note, this notice announces a Contract Award for the purposes of transparency only and is not a request for expressions of interest.
Please note, Babcock Land Defence Limited is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, in the first instance interested parties may contact Babcock with queries relating to this procurement.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 50630000 - Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £3,470,848
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice
1) Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical
Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as Agent to the UK Ministry of Defence, has negotiated a single source contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) for the Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System.
Justification For Non-Competitive Decision: It is considered this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 25(1)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) due to the absence of suitable tenders in response to the previous restricted procedure reference 2017/S 225-469815. The UK Ministry of Defence received a single tender response and that tender was evaluated as being technically compliant.
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
Lowest price
four.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IRM16/1297
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Notice number: 2018/S 049-109589 of 9 March 2019
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
IRM16/1297
Title
IRM16/1297 - Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System
five.1) Date of contract award decision
18 June 2024
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
1
Number of offers received by electronic means
1
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL)
Hadley Castle Works, PO Box 106, Telford, Shropshire
Telford
TF1 6QW
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £3,470,848
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 3
Section six: Complementary information
six.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Babcock Land Defence Limited
Building B15, MOD Donnington+
Telford
TF2 8JT
Email(s)
irmprocurementrepairteam@babcockinternational.com
Country
United Kingdom