Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Building 15, MoD Donnington
Telford
TF2 8JT
For the attention of
Leanne Griffiths
Email(s)
leanne.griffiths@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
NUTS code
- UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Babcock Land Defence Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a 3 year contract using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 to Accuracy International Ltd. On the basis that, for technical reasons, the Contract can only be awarded to Accuracy International Ltd.
Accuracy International Ltd is the manufacturer and sole distributor of spares to support the components required to support the AS50 Sniper Rifle Weapon Platform. They own the rights to the technical specifications required to undertake the manufacture, testing and supply and they do not share this knowledge/expertise with any third party
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 35321200 - Rifles
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £3,500,000
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 Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a 3 year contract using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 to Accuracy International Ltd. On the basis that, for technical reasons, the Contract can only be awarded to Accuracy International Ltd.
Accuracy International Ltd is the manufacturer and sole distributor of spares to support the components required to support the AS50 Sniper Rifle Weapon Platform. They own the rights to the technical specifications required to undertake the manufacture, testing and supply and they do not share this knowledge/expertise with any third party
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
IRM23/7634
five.1) Date of contract award decision
9 May 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
Accuracy International Ltd
PO Box 81
Portsmouth
PO3 5SJ
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £3,500,000
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 3
five.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No