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  • Ministry of Defence

F18: Contract award notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-022085

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-045469 (view related notices)

Published 16 May 2025, 10:39am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ministry of Defence

Building B15, MoD Donnington

Telford

TF2 8JT

For the attention of

Chmura Justyna

Email(s)

justyna.chmura@babcockinternational.com

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


Section two: Object of the contract

two.1) Description

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

NUTS code

  • UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

two.1.3) Information on framework agreement

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Babcock Land Defence Limited (BLDL), acting as Agent for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract to Bozeat Industrial Ltd, T/A B.I.Engineering, for the Provision of the Repair of Coolant Line Replacement Units (LRUs) and Associated Items, for a period of 4 years with the option of a further 3 years. The estimated total contract value is not to exceed £3,770,000.

Please note, 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 Authority has negotiated a contract with the above named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.

two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 50630000 - Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles

two.2) Total final value of contract(s)

two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)

Value: £3,770,000


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

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: no

The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:

technical

In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit)Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate.

It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. It is believed that the services to be provided under the contract can only be supplied by the B.I. Engineering who are the original equipment manufacturer of the coolant cores. Only B.I.Engineering has the significant niche expertise and knowledge required, , and they have acquired specific experience in the repair and maintenance of the coolant LRUs. B.I. Engineering Limited hold the rights to the technical data in support of the coolant LRUs, including the baseline test procedures and output specifications to support repair, and the Authority does not hold sufficient rights in the designs to support competition. Furthermore, design and output integrity is required to be maintained in accordance with the OEM specifications due to the interoperability between the coolant LRUs and relevant vehicle powerpacks. Any deviation away from the original design may result in an increased the risk of power pack failure, affecting the overall performance and operation of the vehicle platforms.

four.2) Award criteria

four.2.1) Award criteria

Lowest price

four.3) Administrative information

four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice number: 2024/S 000-013120 of 23 April 2024


Section five: Award of contract

Contract No

IRM22/7624

five.1) Date of contract award decision

29 April 2025

five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Bozeat Industrial Ltd T/A B.I. Engineering Ltd

Crane Close Denington Industrial Estate

Wellingborough

NN8 2QG

Country

United Kingdom

five.4) Information on value of contract

Total final value of the contract

Value: £3,770,000

Excluding VAT

If annual or monthly value

Number of years: 4

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