Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - DEFENCE DIGITAL
MOD Corsham, Westwells Road
Corsham
SN139NR
Contact
Thomas Dubberley
thomas.dubberley100@mod.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3001510953
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK15 - Wiltshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
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 Equipment Support
Reference number
DPS/00104
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Supply of support to Legacy IT equipment.
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: £228,592.17
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH23 - Hertfordshire
- UKK15 - Wiltshire CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Supply of support to Legacy equipment, that will be both hardware and software agnostic.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
There is an option for this agreement to be extended by a further twelve (12) month period at the discretion of the contracting authority.
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 restricted procedure
Explanation:
The Deployed Platform Services team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a 12-Month contract to STORM Technologies Limited, for the supply of support to Legacy equipment, that will be both hardware and software agnostic. The value of this requirement is £228,592.17 (ex VAT).
The contract shall be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1) (e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1) (a) (i) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for competition failure.
This requirement has been competed twice under Crown Commercial Services Frameworks and this has elicited no winning bidders. Due to the urgency of this element of support, the Authority has identified that STORM Technologies can fulfil this requirement.
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
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19 May 2021
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
STORM Technologies Limited
Watford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £228,592.17
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £228,592.17
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence - Defence Digital, Hardware and Services Team
Corsham
Country
United Kingdom