Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment & Support, MOD Abbey Wood South, LEOC-STSP-DCC, NH3 Cedar 2A #4110, Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Lisa Sinfield
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3001666082
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority/entity
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
one.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities:
No
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
81mm Mortar Baseplate Procurement
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
NUTS code
- UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The procurement of 100 81mm Mortar Baseplates for use with the In-Service Mortar System.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 35343000 - Parts of mortars
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £467,136
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
The Dismounted Close Combat programme team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, awards a two-year contract with BAE Systems Land UK (BAE Systems) for the procurement of 100 81mm Mortar Baseplates with an option to extend for a further 1-year period.
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for Technical Reasons. This is because BAE Systems is the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) for the 81mm Mortar Baseplates and is the only economic entity with the necessary technical data, knowledge and expertise, and proprietary documentation to perform the work.
Without access to the proprietary documentation, technical drawings, tooling and test equipment, specific manufacturing processes and knowledge and expertise, any goods provided by another entity would require new testing, new verification and validation to ensure that the Safety and Suitability for Service of the system, operational performance and effectiveness, and the interoperability is not compromised and that the Safety Case for the system is not invalidated. This would all be at a disproportionate cost and time. A change of supplier would also oblige the Authority to acquire goods having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility between the existing platforms and weapons and the goods to be included under the Contract.
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
700032293
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Notice number: 2020/S 051-122395 of 12 March 2020
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
700032293
five.1) Date of contract award decision
1 February 2022
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
BAE Global Combat Systems Munitions Ltd
BAE Systems Land UK, Glascoed, Usk
Monmouthshire
NP15 1XL
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3300489364
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £467,136
Excluding VAT
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
Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment & Support, MOD Abbey Wood South, LEOC-STSP-DCC, NH3 Cedar 2A #4110, Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3001666082
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment & Support, MOD Abbey Wood South, LEOC-STSP-DCC, NH3 Cedar 2A #4110, Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3001666082
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
six.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment & Support, MOD Abbey Wood South, LEOC-STSP-DCC, NH3 Cedar 2A #4110, Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3001666082
Country
United Kingdom