Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Andover
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
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
703963450 - Provision Of Parachute Aircraft, Pilot, Instructors, Rigging Support And Refuelling Service To The Army At Air Wing Netheravon
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 34700000 - Aircraft and spacecraft
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Parachuting Services, specifically training instructors and riggers, aircraft to facilitate parachute jumps and re-fuelling services.
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: £2,932,238
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Parachuting Services, specifically training instructors and riggers, aircraft to facilitate parachute jumps and re-fuelling services.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2 x 12 months
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
APAC are currently established at the Netheravon site through a different arrangement with Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and would remain there if there was to be a different winning bidder through a competition process.
If the Authority were to pursue competition and another supplier were to be successful, there are only one of two options to ensure the provision of services would continue:
a. The new supplier transports the aircraft from another location to the Netheravon site and back as and when required to deliver the service. This is technically impractical as external factors such as bad weather increases the risk of non-delivery of the training. This would also significantly increase the costs of the contract to accommodate additional fuel costs, which does not represent VFM. The Authority previous placed a contract with another Supplier based on this model and it was subsequently terminated due to failure to meet the contract deliverables and emerging costs.
b. The Authority would need to build a new hangar to provide the supplier with storage space for the aircraft on the days required. This also does not represent VFM. This would be a significant project and come at a high cost to the authority with no control over timescales as this would be delivered by DIO.
c. If an open procedure was ran the current supplier would have an unfair advantage and we would not be able to meet our obligations to provide all bidders with a level playing field. With APAC remaining on site with their other Commercial agreement, this would prevent us from being able to run a fair competition.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
8 December 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Army Parachute Aircraft Company Limited
Netheravon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
03746160
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,932,238
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,932,238
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Army Commercial
Andover
SP11 8HJ
Country
United Kingdom