Award

The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-022290

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0515ff

Published 16 May 2025, 2:52pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Telford

TF2 8JT

Email

dorota.bilinska-powroznik@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.babckockintrenational.com

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

The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items

Reference number

IRM25/7704

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 50433000 - Calibration services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Ministry of Defence intends to negotiate a Contract for a period of 2 years with the option of a further 1 year with Keysight Technologies UK Limited for The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site) Calibration Items.

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that Ministry of Defence is to negotiate a single source framework agreement with the named supplier and this notice is published for reasons of transparency only.

Babcock Land Defence Limited is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, in the first instance interested parties may contact Babcock with queries relating to this procurement.

CPV: 50433000 Calibration services

Contract name: IRM25/7704

Risk Assessment Ref: RAR: 469063448

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: £1,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items for a period of 2 years.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

1 Option Year

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

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure

Explanation:

In accordance with section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023, this procurement falls within scope of the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023. 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 section 43(1) of the Procurement Act 2023 in that we have not received any suitable tenders in response to a competitive tendering procedure. This requirement was originally advertised subject to the DSPCR 2011 Regulation 17 Para 2 as Lot 9 of IRM21/7574 with Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-014611 and Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03ce92.

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: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

IRM25/7704

Title

The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

6 May 2025

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

Keysight Technologies UK Limited

Winnersh

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

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

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,000,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Ministry of Defence

Building B15, MoD Donnington

Telford

Country

United Kingdom