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THE SUPPLY OF ASSOCIATED WEAPON CONSUMABLES FOR SMALL ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONS

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-025530

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02eb27

Published 12 October 2021, 10:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Babcock Land Defence Ltd, Building B15, MOD Donnington

Telford

TF2 8JT

Contact

Louise Davis

Email

louise.davis@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

Internet address(es)

Main address

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

THE SUPPLY OF ASSOCIATED WEAPON CONSUMABLES FOR SMALL ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONS

Reference number

IRM21/7562

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 35000000 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Babcock Land Defence Limited, which is acting as the agent for the for the UK Ministry of Defence known as the Authority, is considering a framework agreement to provide for the Supply of Associated Weapon Consumables for Small Arms and Light Weapons. The duration shall be 7 years with with no option years.

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: £4,700,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

THE SUPPLY OF ASSOCIATED WEAPON CONSUMABLES FOR SMALL ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONS

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

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior 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 agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a Single Source contract with Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Ltd for the supply of Associated Weapon Consumables for Small Arms and Light Weapons.

This contract shall be for 7 years and will not include extension option years.

The Authority intends to award this Contract using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (the “Regulations”) on the basis that, for technical reasons, the Contract can only be awarded to Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Ltd. This is because the Authority understands that Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Ltd are the sole UK authorised distributor for the items in scope of this procurement.

This notice is not for expressions of interest, therefore please do not apply to be invited to tender. The notice advises that the UK Ministry of Defence has decided to negotiate a contract directly with Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Ltd on a single source basis and is published for reasons of transparency only.

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

IRM17/7562

Title

THE SUPPLY OF ASSOCIATED WEAPON CONSUMABLES FOR SMALL ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONS

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

25 May 2021

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

Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Ltd

Units 1-3, Heather Close, Lyme Green Business Park

Macclesfield

SK11 0LR

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)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £4,700,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £4,700,000

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

Babcock Land Defence Ltd

Building 15, MOD Donnington

Telford

TF2 8JT

Email

louise.davis@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

www.contracts.mod.uk