Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Andver
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
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
Provision of Interim Actors, Audiences, Adversaries, Enemies &Specialists (A3ES) -Project Numidian
Reference number
701779452
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75220000 - Defence services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Project Numidian is to provide professional, agile and responsive support to the design, planning, delivery and improvement of training across all Training Levels and Environments. This support will incorporate the provision of Contemporary Operating Environmental FORce (COEFOR), Opposition FORce (OPFOR), Hi-Fidelity Casualty Simulation (CASSIM), EXCON (Exercise Control), production of Operational Staff Work (OSW) and Exercise Scenario writing and Senior Mentoring services. To ensure the training audience is exposed to hybrid, contemporary threats and are sufficiently challenged.
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: £73,980,407.59
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The requirement is to deliver training support services, including:
a. Technical writing for Mission Ready and Combat Ready exercises.
b. Actors.
c. Information Manoeuvre.
d. Pyrotechnics.
e. Unmanned Air Systems.
f. Data fusion and analysis.
g. HICON/LOCON/SIDECON.
h. Support to Land Spec Ops.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Deliverable Management Plan / Weighting: 9.17
Quality criterion - Name: Personnel Management / Weighting: 12.22
Quality criterion - Name: Training Delivery: Language / Weighting: 6.11
Quality criterion - Name: Training Delivery: Technical Writers / Weighting: 15.28
Quality criterion - Name: Training Delivery: CASSIM / Weighting: 9.17
Quality criterion - Name: Training Delivery: Managing Data / Weighting: 3.06
Quality criterion - Name: SV - Health and Wellbeing / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: SV - Equal Opportunity / Weighting: 2.5
Quality criterion - Name: SV - Tackling Economic Inequality / Weighting: 2.5
Cost criterion - Name: Weighted VfM Index / Weighting: VfM
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2 x 12 Months
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
Restricted procedure
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-015947
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
Contract No
701779452
Title
The Provision of Interim Actors, Audiences, Adversaries, Enemies and Specialists (A3ES) - Project NUMIDIAN
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20 June 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mabway Limited
Waterlooville
PO7 6XP
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
05136214
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £73,980,407.59
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Value excluding VAT: £73,980,407.59
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Army Commerical
Army Headquarters, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
Andover
SP11 8HJ
Country
United Kingdom