Contract

Submarine Main Batteries Batch 9

  • MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-005588

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03abe2

Published 24 February 2023, 3:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Submarine Delivery Agency, Abbey Wood, Ash 1A

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Contact

Mark Marshall

Email

Mark.Marshall120@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/submarine-delivery-agency/about?&_ga=2.206219217.396927194.1677246263-1799857047.1628164498

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

Submarine Main Batteries Batch 9

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 31421000 - Lead batteries

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Procurement, maintenance, support and disposal of Royal Navy Submarine Type 8 800 main battery cells, associated support equipment, and spares which are required to support the fleet of Vanguard, Astute, and Trafalgar Class submarines.

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: £17,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 35512000 - Submarines

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Procurement, maintenance, support and disposal of Royal Navy Submarine Type 8800 main battery cells, associated support equipment, and spares which are required to support the fleet of Vanguard, Astute, and Trafalgar Class submarines.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: 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 products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development

Explanation:

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below:

The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development

The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:

absence of competition for technical reasons

The previous Voluntary Transparency Notice (VTN) was submitted on Find a Tender on 3rd March 2020 via reference number 2020/S 239-592290.

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: 2020/S 239-592290


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

13 October 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Pacific Marine Batteries Pty Ltd

15 Mersey Road North Osborne

Australia

5017

Email

enquiries@pmbdefence.com.au

Country

Australia

NUTS code
  • AU - Australia
Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £17,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Ministry of Defence, In-Service Submarines

Abbey Wood

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Country

United Kingdom