Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MoD Abbey Wood South
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Moira Duggan
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
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
Sonar 2094 In Service Support
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Sonar 2094 In Service Support
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 38113000 - Sonars
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £342,000
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
As the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), the company holds all the available technical information(drawings, interfaces, test and calibration specifications/procedures, jigs and tools etc.) necessary to undertake the full In-Service Support of the equipment to ensure that it operates in accordance with the original design intent such that it is safe to use in service by Royal Navy (RN) personnel. No technical documentation is available nor have licences been granted to enable any third party to complete this work on their behalf. It is considered that only they have the necessary know-how to support and manufacture Sonar 2094 equipment to ensure continued support of the RN equipment from a technical and safety certification perspective to the Authority’s satisfaction.
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Single Source. Weighting 100
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
701578750
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Notice number: 2021/S 000-031705 of 7 December 2022
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
701578750
five.1) Date of contract award decision
17 October 2022
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
GeoAcoustics Limited
Great Yarmouth
NR31 0NQ
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £342,000
Excluding VAT
five.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No