Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
MAIN BUILDING WHITEHALL
LONDON
SW1A2HB
Contact
Joe Lloyd
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 3001639189
Country
United Kingdom
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
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
R&D Enterprise Agreement Lite
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 14: Research and development services and evaluation tests
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
AI Software and associated services for the purpose of research and development.
To help provide coherence and scalability across defence, this Business Case seeks to place a new contract with headroom (non-committed) value of £2M to test cases through FY24/25.
Use of Regulation 16 under the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011. The Justification is founded on the following grounds:
- DSPCR 2011 Regulation 16 (1) (a) (iv) - Research & Development: for purchases or hiring goods for research, experiment or development.
As per regulation 16(1)(d)(ii) of The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 - the Authority may request for an extension of this agreement for the services provided under the original contract. We reserve the right under this regulation not to compete for this extension of the same services.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 71356300 - Technical support services
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £2,000,000
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
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 contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to in the regulations: yes
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development: no
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under strict conditions: no
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services: 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
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
Section five: Award of contract
five.1) Date of contract award decision
15 July 2024
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
OXFORD DYNAMICS LIMITED
Building R71 RAL Science Campus
Harwell
OX11 0QX
Country
United Kingdom
Companies House
12274185
five.4) Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract
Value: £2,000,000
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract
Value: £2,000,000