Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Boats Team, Ash 2A, MOD Abbey Wood South
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Mr Simon Randy
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK25 - Dorset
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
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
In Service Support for Training Vessel (TV) Tristram
Reference number
704354453
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 50241100 - Vessel repair services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The DE&S Boats Team, part of the UK MOD, has a requirement for the In-Service Support of the Training Vessel (TV) Tristram. Tristram is now a training vessel used predominantly to simulate real life scenarios at sea. The vessel is moored in Portland Harbour and all original ship systems have been decommissioned.
The outline requirement would be for a Potential Provider to:
• Conduct regular planned maintenance including some daily checks
• Source spares for maintenance and general preservation of the vessel
• Provide a standby evacuation boat to be used in the event of emergencies (30 minutes notice)
• Conduct dive operations to survey mooring arrangements and carry out occasional underwater repairs
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: £1,500,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK25 - Dorset
Main site or place of performance
Portland Harbour, Dorset, UK
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The DE&S Boats Team, part of the UK MOD, has a requirement for the In-Service Support of the Training Vessel (TV) Tristram. Tristram is now a training vessel used predominantly to simulate real life scenarios at sea. The vessel is moored in Portland Harbour and all original ship systems have been decommissioned.
The outline requirement would be for a Potential Provider to:
• Conduct regular planned maintenance including some daily checks
• Source spares for maintenance and general preservation of the vessel
• Provide a standby evacuation boat to be used in the event of emergencies (30 minutes notice)
• Conduct dive operations to survey mooring arrangements and carry out occasional underwater repairs
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
Explanation:
The Boats Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to award a contract of up to 3 years and 3 months from 6 February 2023 to 31 April 2026 to Quest Underwater Services Limited for the In-Service Support Contract for Training Vessel (TV) Tristram. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful under Regulation 16 (1) (a)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011. This is due an insufficient number of successful responses to the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire at Pre-Tender Stage, which would have allowed the Competition to progress to the ITT stage.
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
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
3 November 2022
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
Quest Underwater Services Ltd
Hethfelton Hollow
Wareham
BH20 6HU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK25 - Dorset
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: £1,500,000
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
Ministry of Defence
Abbey Wood South
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom