Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Porton Down
Salisbury
SP4 0JQ
Contact
Commercial Services
For the attention of
Carlisle Suzanne
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority/entity
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory
Address of the buyer profile
Electronic access to information
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate
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
Provision of a Resonant Acoustic Mixer (OmniRAM) and Associated Services
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK15 - Wiltshire CC
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Contract for the provision of a resonant acoustic mixer (OmniRAM) and associated services
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 38810000 - Industrial process control equipment
Additional CPV code(s)
- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 38430000 - Detection and analysis apparatus
- 38436000 - Shakers and accessories
- 38436100 - Mechanical shakers
- 38800000 - Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment
- 42000000 - Industrial machinery
- 42900000 - Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
- 42993000 - Chemical industry machinery
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £779,562.50
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 works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development: yes
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:
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
This is because the Resodyn OmniRAM is the only RAM platform of its scale available worldwide to support the manufacture of energetic materials as required by the Authority. A detailed assessment of market capability in the energetics sector – both nationally and internationally – including extensive interaction with international research partners, has been undertaken by Authority subject matter experts to confirm the technical exclusivity of the equipment.
The OmniRAM will be an enabler for several international research collaboration projects and is an essential requirement in undertaking comparable processing activity that guarantees compatibility in both existing and future research.
The OmniRAM is an essential requirement to ensure that the end-to-end process required by Dstl research programmes is achieved. This process will support the efficient delivery of research projects whilst also providing an increased level of safety in dealing with hazardous materials.
Research of market capability in the energetics sector (as detailed above) has confirmed that there are no alternative solutions which could achieve the required processes. The Contractor is the sole UK/European reseller of the Resodyn OmniRAM system and is therefore the only Contractor that can deliver this requirement for the Authority.
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Price. Weighting 50
2. Compliance with the Authority's Technical Requirements. Weighting 50
four.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
DSTL/AGR/01261/01
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Notice number: 2021/S 000-016849 of 16 July 2021
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
1000164497
five.1) Date of contract award decision
3 November 2021
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
1
Number of offers received by electronic means
1
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
The Falcon Project Limited
25 Withington Drive, Astley
Manchester
M29 7NW
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £779,562.50
Excluding VAT
five.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No
Section six: Complementary information
six.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Ministry of Defence
Porton Down
Salisbury
SP4 0JQ
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory