Awarded contract

Submarine Main Batteries Batch 8

  • Ministry of Defence

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-020124

Published 17 August 2021, 4:11pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Submarine Delivery Agency, Abbey Wood, Ash 1A

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Contact

Nicola Cocozza

Email

Nicola.Cocozza100@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/submarine-delivery-agency/about?

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

Submarine Main Batteries Batch 8

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 31421000 - Lead batteries

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Procurement, maintenance, support and disposal of Royal Navy Submarine Type 8 800 main battery cells, associated support equipment, and spares which are required to support the fleet of Vanguard, Astute, and Trafalgar Class submarines.

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: £2,050,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 35512000 - Submarines

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Procurement, maintenance, support and disposal of Royal Navy Submarine Type 8800 main battery cells, associated support equipment, and spares which are required to support the fleet of Vanguard, Astute, and Trafalgar Class submarines.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


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 products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development
  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

The previous Voluntary Transparency Notice (VTN) was submitted on Find a Tender on 4th March 2021 via reference number 2021/S 000-004398.

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

Title

Supply and Support of Submarine Main Batteries (Batch 8)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11 June 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Pacific Marine Batteries Pty Ltd

715 Mersey Road North

Osborne, Australia

5017

Email

enquiries@pmbdefence.com.au

Telephone

+61 0870775500

Fax

+61 0870775577

Country

Australia

NUTS code
  • AU - Australia
Internet address

https://www.pmbdefence.com.au/

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £2,050,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Nicola Cocozza

Ministry of Defence, In-Service Submarines

Abbey Wood, Bristol

BS34 8JH

Email

nicola.cocozza100@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom