Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Submarine Delivery Agency
Ash 3A #3301, Ministry of Defence Abbey Wood
BRISTOL
BS34 8JH
Contact
Mr Jason Prichard
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/submarine-delivery-agency
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
SDA/NP/709826453: Entity In Charge of Maintenance 2 (second round)
Reference number
SDA/NP/709826453
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
VTN/ VEAT Notice:
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice.
For: Confirmation of Entity in charge of Maintenance (ECM).
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: £123,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 34620000 - Rolling stock
- 34621000 - Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
- 34621200 - Railway maintenance or service vehicles
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
- UKM - Scotland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Confirmation of Entity in Charge of Maintenance (ECM).
The Submarine Delivery Agency's (SDA) Irradiated Fuel Management Team, a part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a Contract to Direct Rail Services T/A Nuclear Transport Solutions for 6 years with a +1 option to extend.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Criterion: Compliance 100
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
+ 1 Year option to extend.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
Current estimated award value is circa £123,000 (excluding VAT).
ITN with Direct Rail Services T/A Nuclear Transport Solutions = November/ December 2023.
Estimated award = March 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice
- The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulations 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
These are:
Direct Rail Services are the Registration Holder and Keeper for the two MOD Railway
Wagons used to carry used nuclear navel fuel. Direct Rail Services are currently the only licensed nuclear fuel carrier by rail in the UK.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
SDA/NP/709826453
Title
Entity In Charge of Maintenance
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26 February 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Direct Rail Services Ltd Trading as Nuclear Transport Solutions
Regents Court, Baron Way Kingmoor Business Park
Carlisle
CA6 4SJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.directrailservices.com/
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £123,000
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice.
A previous Invitation to Negotiate with Direct Rail Services for this requirement was issued in 2021 which, due to unforeseen issues did not result in the award of a contract.
Previous Publication references:
2021:
tender_267347/931422 and
2021/S 000-004902 (VEAT/ VTN)
2023:
tender_403748/1292584
This is therefore a repeat of the previous exercise (a second round) .
Explanation:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
· absence of competition for technical reasons
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulations 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. These are:
Direct Rail Services are the Registration Holder and Keeper for the two MOD Railway Wagons used to carry used nuclear navel fuel. Direct Rail Services are currently the only licensed nuclear fuel carrier by rail in the UK.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
As section 1
As section 1
As section 1
As section 1
Country
United Kingdom