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The Repair and Calibration of Optical and Fibre Optic Equipment

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-028482

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-040420

Published 27 September 2023, 11:26am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Building B15, MOD Donnington

Telford

TF2 8JT

Contact

Sally-Anne Cox

Email

sally-anne.cox@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.babcockinternational.com

Buyer's address

https://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 Repair and Calibration of Optical and Fibre Optic Equipment

Reference number

IRM23/7645 - VTN

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 50433000 - Calibration services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to place a 3 year, single source contract with Optical Test and Calibration Limited for the repair and calibration of Optical and Fibre Optic Equipment

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: £782,700

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) proposes to negotiate a single source contract with Optical Test and Calibration Ltd for The Repair and Calibration of Optical and Fibre Optic Equipment and associated equipment, for a 3-year period, at a value of £0.783M. The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature to the contract during its lifetime.

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

two.2.14) Additional information

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 UK MOD is to place a single source

qualifying Defence contract with the named supplier.


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
  • The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development

Explanation:

Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) proposes to negotiate a single source contract with Optical Test and Calibration Ltd for The Repair and Calibration of Optical and Fibre Optic Equipment, for a 3-year period, at a value of £0.783M. The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature to the contract during its lifetime.

It is considered this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 due to a failed competition caused by the absence of suitable responses to Lot 5 of the previous restricted procedure reference 2023/S 000-014611

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender.

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

IRM23/7645

Title

The Repair and Calibration of Optical and Fibre Optical Equipment

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

25 September 2023

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

Optical Test and Calibration Limited

19-23 Campus Road, Listerhills Science Park

Bradford

BD7 1HR

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

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

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £782,700

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 B15, MOD Donnington

Telford

TF2 8JT

Country

United Kingdom