Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment & Support MOD Abbey Wood South Land Equipment Operating Centre, Soldier Training Special Projects, Dismounted Close Combat Team NH3 Cedar 2A #4110, Stoke Gifford,
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
harris nicholas
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
FNH UK Ltd Combined Support Contract
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Authority intends to award a contract to FNH UK Ltd for the provision of combined support, supply and repair services in respect of the UK Armed Forces Commands in-service fleet of machine guns that comprise of: Heavy Machine Gun (HMG), Light Machine Gun (LMG) variants, General Purpose Machine Gun Mount, PAC24 General Purpose Machine Gun Mount, and the 81mm Mortar ancillaries. The contract will be for a 5-year period and will include the provision of a technical support service and will enable the procurement of additional in-service weapons, if required.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 50841000 - Repair and maintenance services of weapons
Additional CPV code(s)
- 35321200 - Rifles
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £1,500,000
Excluding VAT
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
No tenders or no suitable tenders in response to: restricted procedure
All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or inacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria: yes
The periods for the restricted procedure and the negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice are incompatible with the urgency resulting from a crisis: no
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority/entity: no
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical
connected with the protection of exclusive rights
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under strict conditions: yes
For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market: no
Contract related to the provision of air and maritime transport services for the armed forces deployed or to be deployed abroad: no
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
Lowest price
four.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
702630462
five.1) Date of contract award decision
25 July 2022
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
FNH UK Ltd
Phoenix House Slade Green Road
Erith
DA8 2HU
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £1,500,000
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 5
five.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No
Section six: Complementary information
six.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Defence Equipment & Support MOD Abbey Wood South Land Equipment Operating Centre, Soldier Training Special Projects, Dismounted Close Combat Team
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom
Body responsible for mediation procedures
MOD
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom
six.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
MOD
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom