Awarded contract

The Supply of C8 Rifle Spares

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-028880

Published 18 November 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

UK - United Kingdom

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 C8 Rifle Spares

Reference number

IRM21/7563

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 C8 Rifle Spares. The duration shall be 3 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: £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

SUPPLY OF C8 RIFLE SPARES

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

  • 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 Colt Canada Corporation for the supply of C8 Rifle Spares. This contract shall be for 3 years with an envisaged value of £1M

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 on the basis that, for technical reasons, the Contract can only be awarded to Colt Canada Corporation. This is because the Authority understands that Colt Canada Corporation are the sole 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 Colt Canada Corporation 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

IRM21/7563

Title

SUPPLY OF C8 RIFLE SPARES

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

16 November 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

COLT CANADA CORPORATION

1036 WILSON AVENUE

KITCHENER

N2C 1J3

Country

Canada

NUTS code
  • CA - Canada
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

Babcock Land Defence Ltd

Building 15, MOD Donnington

Building 15, MOD Donnington

TF2 8JT

Email

louise.davis@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

www.contracts.mod.uk