Award

SSSL Purchase of Assets

  • Lightning Delivery Team

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-009745

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03bc49

Published 4 April 2023, 9:50am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Lightning Delivery Team

MOD Abbey Wood, NH1, Yew 1c, #1027

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Email

DESLIGHTNING-Commercial@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK11 - Bristol, City of

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.contracts.mod.uk

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

SSSL Purchase of Assets

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 35642000 - Electronic and electrical spare parts for military aerospace equipment

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Purchase of automated test equipment and associated power supply units.

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: £6,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK11 - Bristol, City of

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Purchase of automated test equipment and associated power supply units.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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

Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice
  • The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development
  • Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms:
    • from a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities

Explanation:

The Lightning II Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a Qualifying Defence Contract to Sealand Support Services Ltd for the purchase of its production assets i.e. automated test equipment and associated power supply units. The contract value is £6M (VAT ex). It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(b)(iii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 to take advantage of particularly advantageous terms for the purchase of goods in a sale brought about by a decision by the supplier on 30th November 2022 to cease trading post the conclusion of the sale of its assets, which is currently forecast to conclude by 30th April 2023.

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

707429450

Title

SSSL Purchase of Assets

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

4 April 2023

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

Sealand Support Services Limited

Mod Sealand, Welsh Road, Sealand, Deeside, Flintshire

Deeside

CH5 2LS

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham
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: £6,000,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Lightning Delivery Team

MOD Abbey Wood, NH1, Yew 1c,#1027

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Email

DESLIGHTNING-Commercial@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom