Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Ash 2A # 3203, Abbey Wood South
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Lorna De Souza
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
one.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities:
No
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
704354453 - BOATS/0010 Ongoing In-Service Support for TV (Training Vessel) Tristram
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Portland Harbour, Dorset, United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK25 - Dorset
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The DE&S Boats Team, part of the UK MOD, has a requirement for a three (3) year contract (with one (1) year unfunded) for the In-Service Support of the Training Vessel (TV) Tristram. Tristram is now a training vessel used predominantly to simulate real life scenarios at sea. The vessel is moored in Portland Harbour and all original ship systems have been decommissioned. The outline requirement would be for a Potential Provider to:
· Conduct regular planned maintenance including some daily checks
· Source spares for maintenance and general preservation of the vessel
· Provide a standby evacuation boat to be used in the event of emergencies (30 minutes notice)
· Conduct dive operations to survey mooring arrangements and carry out occasional underwater repairs
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 50241100 - Vessel repair services
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £1,100,000
Including VAT. VAT rate (%) 20
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
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority/entity: no
The Boats Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to award a contract of up to 3 years and 3 months from 6 February 2023 to 31 April 2026 to Quest Underwater Services Limited for the In-Service Support Contract for Training Vessel (TV) Tristram. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful under Regulation 16 (1) (a)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011. This is due an insufficient number of successful responses to the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire at Pre-Tender Stage, which would have allowed the Competition to progress to the ITT stage.
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Value For Money Assessment. Weighting 100
four.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
704354453_BOATS/0010
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Notice on a buyer profile
Notice number: 2022/S 000-017980 of 1 July 2022
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Notice number: 2022/S 000-031143 of 3 November 2022
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
704354453
five.1) Date of contract award decision
4 July 2023
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
Quest Underwater Services Limited
Wareham
BH20 6HJ
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £1,100,000
Including VAT. VAT rate (%) 20
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