Award

Repair and Refurbishment of Specialist Front End Equipment (FEE) and Obstacle Marking Equipment (OME) fitted to Heavy Track Platforms and associated assemblies.

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-020964

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03e3de

Published 20 July 2023, 2:21pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Building B15 , MoD Donnington

Telford

TF2 8JT

Contact

Heather Duffield

Email

IRMProcurementRepairTeam@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.contracts.mod.uk

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

Repair and Refurbishment of Specialist Front End Equipment (FEE) and Obstacle Marking Equipment (OME) fitted to Heavy Track Platforms and associated assemblies.

Reference number

IRM22/7617

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 50116000 - Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehicles

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Babcock Land Defence Ltd acting as the agent for the UK Ministry of Defence intends to negotiate a single source contract with a duration of 7 years with Pearson Engineering Ltd for the Repair and Refurbishment of Specialist Front End Equipment (FEE) and Obstacle Marking Equipment (OME) fitted to Heavy Track Platforms and associated assemblies.

Cyber Risk Assessment Number: RAR-257621856

Cyber Risk Profile: VERY LOW

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: £350,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC22 - Tyneside
Main site or place of performance

Newcastle Upon Tyne

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Babcock Land Defence Ltd acting as the agent for the UK Ministry of Defence intends to negotiate a single source contract with Pearson Engineering Ltd for the Repair and Refurbishment of Specialist Front End Equipment (FEE) and Obstacle Marking Equipment (OME) fitted to Heavy Track Platforms and associated assemblies.

It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.

The Authority retains the right to add additional NSN’s considered to be within scope of this requirement during the duration of the contract.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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

Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice

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

Explanation:

Babcock Land Defence Ltd acting as the agent for the UK Ministry of Defence intends to negotiate a single source contract with Pearson Engineering Ltd for the Repair and Refurbishment of Specialist Front End Equipment (FEE) and Obstacle Marking Equipment (OME) fitted to Heavy Track Platforms and associated assemblies.

It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.

Pearson Engineering is the original equipment manufacturer for the Front End Equipment and the Obstacle Marking System and as a result holds the specific technical knowhow (including all the design drawings and repair specifications) necessary to carry out this requirement.

Without the technical knowhow and Specialist tooling required to carry out the repair of this equipment, the activity would invalidate the safety case and performance of the equipment and potentially put the user of the equipment at risk.

The technical knowhow and technical Information is not available to any other supplier.

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the UK Ministry of Defence is to negotiate a single source Framework Agreement with the named supplier.

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

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/concession

Contract No

IRM22/7617

Title

Repair and Refurbishment of Specialist Front End Equipment (FEE) and Obstacle Marking Equipment (OME) fitted to Heavy Track Platforms and associated assemblies.

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

30 May 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Pearson Engineering Limited

Scotswood Road

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 6UX

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKC22 - Tyneside
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £350,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £350,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the UK Ministry of Defence is to negotiate a single source Framework Agreement with the named supplier.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Babcock Land Defence Limited

Telford

Country

United Kingdom