Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Vehicle Support Team, Cedar 1A #4110, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Ian Hamblin
Telephone
+44 3047988244
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK11 - Bristol, City of
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://des.mod.uk/contact-us/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Procurement of 70x High Mobility Truck Variant (HMTV) Platforms and Associated Support Items
Reference number
705131450
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 35410000 - Armoured military vehicles
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
This contract will procure 70x High Mobility Truck Variant (HMTV) platforms and associated support items to mitigate shortfalls against the current fleet as well as Future Soldier structures.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £75,734,444
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
Devonport and Dunkeswell
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract will procure 70x High Mobility Truck Variant (HMTV) platforms and associated support items to mitigate shortfalls against the current fleet as well as Future Soldier structures. The Contract includes an option to procure additional quantities of the platform, noting that there is no obligation on the Authority to invoke.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Minimum Technical Requirements met / Weighting: 45%
Quality criterion - Name: Minimum Commercial Requirements met / Weighting: 45%
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10%
Price - Weighting: 100%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The Contract includes options for the provision of:
-Additional quantities of the HMTV platform,
-Additional Project Management services (up to 3 additional years)
-Additional Complete Equipment Schedule (CES)
-2x Operator Training Courses
-2x Maintainer Training Courses
-Extenda modules
-Obsolescence Management and Obsolescence Management Plan
There is no obligation on the Authority to invoke these options.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Vehicle Support Team (VST), as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), have placed a contract with Supacat Limited for the procurement of additional HMTV platforms and associated support items such as CES and training support.
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union was not appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for Technical Reasons.
This is because procuring an alternative HMTV platform solution is not considered reasonable in this instance due to the significant additional technical and interoperability complexity that would be introduced, including but not limited to platform interoperability issues, including safe recovery procedures, safe transport procedures and safe integration with weapon systems, all of which are currently established for the current in-service Supacat HMTV platforms and would introduce a level of risk that is not acceptable to the Authority.
In addition, it would not meet the Authority’s requirement to introduce different platforms with different support solutions when deployed on contingent operations.
Existing modifications and theatre specific role fits would not be compatible with an alternative platform without significant effort to integrate.
Increased training burden associated with a mixed fleet of platforms which would include new training material to ensure safe operation of platforms does not meet the User’s requirement and set pre-deployment training activities.
Supacat Limited are the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for the HMTV platform(s) and they are the sole manufacturer of the HMTV vehicles and owners of the IPR. The Authority does not own or have a right to obtain or provide to third parties the proprietary information and documentation regarding these platforms. Manufacture of these platforms by a third party is not considered possible without direct OEM support and access to the proprietary information. Therefore, as the OEM, Supacat Limited are the only economic operator capable of manufacturing this capability and meeting this requirement.
This vehicle is currently deployed on multiple Operations around the world and further procurement is required to mitigate shortfalls against the current fleet as well as Future Soldier structures. As such, procurement of anything other than the HMTV model from Supacat Limited would fail to meet the Authority’s requirement and would introduce a level of risk that is not acceptable to the Authority.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-028118
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
705131450
Title
Procurement of 70x High Mobility Truck Variant (HMTV) Platforms and associated support items
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
9 February 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Supacat Limited
The Airfield, Dunkeswell
Honiton
EX14 4LF
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK4 - Devon
National registration number
01514084
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £75,734,444
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Value excluding VAT: £40,004,172
Proportion: 53 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted
Babcock are the sub contractor (QSC). They will be undertaking the majority of the manufacturing
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Vehicle Support Team
Cedar 1A #4110, MOD Abbey Wood South
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom