Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood South, 1261, Spruce 2B
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Simpson Connor
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
Project Seraph – Proof of Concept for Transportation of Medical Supplies (Kenya)
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The MOD has moved away from the traditional ‘Golden Ten Minutes’ and ‘Golden Hour’ for provision of initial treatment and definitive care for sick and injured personnel, as current and future operations focus more on smaller, lighter formations operating in more austere environments. The MOD currently relies on a logistical supply chain utilising various modes of transport – land, sea, air - and whilst there has been a lot of work conducted on the use of drones, their use within Defence in a medical context has not been fully examined.
There are many civilian UAV companies both in the UK and overseas that operate in the field of medical supplies (including delivering blood & blood products). This project seeks to understand whether utilisation of a commercial UAV company, with accompanying logistical, hardware, software and personnel support, is feasible in deployed areas to deliver potentially lifesaving medication/blood & blood products (and other cold chain items) to medics and troops in austere environments who may be at extended reach causing potential delays to treatment or evacuation. It could also allow the medic to carry less as standard or free up the requirement for cold chain storage.
jHub Med aims to demonstrate the utility of contracting a commercial UAV company to deliver UAV hardware and support services in 1 overseas location, in order to show the flexibility of the service.
Enabling functions of Defence to support this project include proactive personnel, commercial UAV companies with processes already in place and access and permissions within deployed areas.
The Authority wishes to provide funding to support an overseas demonstration of a FULL SYSTEM capability demonstration phase, over the next 4 months.
This demonstration of the system will be a physically deployed overseas resupply that will take place in Kenya.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 73410000 - Military research and technology
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £122,613
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Technical. Weighting 90
2. Social Value. Weighting 10
Section five: Award of contract
five.1) Date of contract award decision
12 January 2024
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
2
Number of offers received by electronic means
2
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Skyports Deliveries Limited
C/O Ground Control, Kingfisher House, Radford Way
Billericay
CM12 0EQ
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £122,613
Excluding VAT
Section six: Complementary information
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
DE&S
MOD Abbey Wood South, 1261, Spruce 2B
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom
Body responsible for mediation procedures
DE&S
MOD Abbey Wood South, 1261, Spruce 2B
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom
six.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
DE&S
MOD Abbey Wood South, 1261, Spruce 2B
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom