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  • Ministry of Defence

F18: Contract award notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-008928

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-044a9a

Published 20 March 2024, 8:47am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ministry of Defence

Building B15, MoD Donnington

Telford

TF2 8JT

For the attention of

Chmura Justyna

Email(s)

justyna.chmura@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom


Section two: Object of the contract

two.1) Description

two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies

Purchase

two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Babcock Land Defence Limited Acting as Agent to the Ministry of Defence (the Authority), intends to award a contract to Boughton Engineering Ltd for the provision The Supply of Trailer Spares for a period of 7 years. The estimated total contract value is not to exceed £352K.

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 is no longer appropriate.

It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with [Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons.]

The services to be provided under the contract can only be supplied by the Boughton Engineering Ltd because only Boughton Engineering Ltd has significant niche expertise, knowledge, and acquired specific experience, and is the only supplier able to fulfil this Contract and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.

two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 34224100 - Parts of trailers and semi-trailers

two.2) Total final value of contract(s)

two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)

Value: £352,000


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

Babcock Land Defence Limited Acting as Agent to the Ministry of Defence (the Authority), intends to award a contract to Boughton Engineering Ltd for the provision The Supply of Trailer Spares for a period of 7 years. The estimated total contract value is not to exceed £352K.

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 is no longer appropriate.

It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with [Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons.]

The services to be provided under the contract can only be supplied by the Boughton Engineering Ltd because only Boughton Engineering Ltd has significant niche expertise, knowledge, and acquired specific experience, and is the only supplier able to fulfil this Contract and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.


Section five: Award of contract

Contract No

IRM23/7641

five.1) Date of contract award decision

15 March 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

BOUGHTON ENGINEERING Ltd

Balliol Business Park, Wobaston Road

Wolverhampton

WV9 5EU

Country

United Kingdom

five.4) Information on value of contract

Initial estimated total value of the contract

Value: £352,000

Total final value of the contract

Value: £352,000

If annual or monthly value

Number of years: 7

five.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No