Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
B15, MoD Donnington
Telford
TF2 8JT
Contact
I&RM Procurement - Repair Team
For the attention of
I&RM Procurement - Repair Team
Email(s)
irmprocurementrepairteam@babcockinternational.com
Country
United Kingdom
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
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
IRM21/7572 - Remanufacture, Repair and Maintenance of TN54 & TN15 Transmissions, Final Drives and Associated Assemblies
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)
This notice has been published to meet transparency requirements and is not a request for expressions of interest. Therefore please do not apply to be invited to tender.
Babcock Land Defence Limited acting as the UK Ministry of Defence's agent, awarded a single source contract with David Brown Santasalo UK Limited for the Remanufacture and whole assembly Repair of TN54E/ ETS Transmissions, repair of TN15E/E+ Transmissions, all associated assemblies and final drives. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
The framework agreement has a duration of 5 years with the potential of two x one-year options subject to requirement and satisfactory performance.
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: £137,000,000
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
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
David Brown Santasalo UK Limited are the only supplier with the specific know-how of the TN54E/ETS & TN15E/E+ Transmissions to be able to provide the equipment support services required by the UK Ministry of Defence.
David Brown Santasalo UK Limited are the proprietary owner of the design for the TN54E/ETS & TN15E/E+ transmissions and hold the related design information and technical specifications, data and knowledge. Without access to such design information and technical specification, data and knowledge, the UK Ministry
of Defence is not in a position to be able to identify the exact technical requirements which are required to ensure the safety and suitability of the repairs and that the interoperability of the transmissions with the platform is not compromised. Neither the design information and technical specification, data and knowledge are available from any other supplier.
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IRM21/7572
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Notice number: 2022/S 000-033321 of 24 November 2022
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
IRM21/7572
five.1) Date of contract award decision
19 January 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
David Brown Santasalo UK Limited
Park Works, Park Road, Lockwood
Huddersfield
HD4 5DD
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £137,000,000
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
Telford
TF2 8JT
Country
United Kingdom
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence
six.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Ministry of Defence
Telford
TF2 8JT
Email(s)
irmprocurementrepairteam@babcockinternational.com
Country
United Kingdom