Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Rowan 0c #8270, MoD Abbeywood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Maia Harris
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
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
ASH In-Service Support
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This Contract is for the In-Service Support of ASH which is a repository for safety critical information on UXO for use in the support of the Armed Services of the United Kingdom, in the rendering safe and disposal of UXO worldwide.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 72300000 - Data services
Additional CPV code(s)
- 48731000 - File security software package
- 48732000 - Data security software package
- 48750000 - Storage media loading software package
- 48771000 - General utility software package
- 48781000 - System management software package
- 48782000 - Storage management software package
- 48783000 - Content management software package
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £2,200,000
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
The Specialist Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Search (EOD&S), Exploitation & Countermeasures (“SEEC”) Delivery Team, part of Defence Equipment & Support (“DE&S”) within the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”), has awarded a three-and-a-half-year contract to Enterprise Services Defence and Security UK Limited for the In-Service Support of Command & Control Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Identification System, named “ASH”, with an estimated contract value of £2.2m.
ASH is a repository for safety critical information on UXO for use in the support of the Armed Services of the United Kingdom, in the rendering safe and disposal of UXO worldwide. The requirement for ASH is OFFICIAL SENSITIVE but the physical computer-based system and its incorporated information operates at SECRET UK EYES ONLY. This contract has been placed using the regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 for technical reasons as when, for technical reasons, the contract may be awarded only to a particular economic operator.
A DSPCR VTN was published 23rd September 2022 outlining the reasons for using the negotiated without prior publication procedure. This Contract was subsequently awarded 30th September 2022 and will run from 1st October 2022 to 31st March 2026.
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026787-2022
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
Lowest price
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
703980455
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Notice number: 2022/S 000-026787 of 23 September 2022
Notice number: 2022/S 000-026787 of 23 September 2022
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Notice number: 2022/S 000-026787 of 23 September 2022
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
703980455
five.1) Date of contract award decision
30 September 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
Enterprise Services Defence and Security UK Limited
Royal Pavilion Wellesley Road, Aldershot
Hampshire
GU11 1PZ
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 7710926027
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £2,200,000
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of months: 42
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
SEEC Defence Equipment & Support
Rowan 0c #8207, MoD Abbeywood
Bristol
BS348JH
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Body responsible for mediation procedures
SEEC Defence Equipment & Support
Rowan 0c #8207, MoD Abbeywood
Bristol
BS348JH
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
six.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
SEEC Defence Equipment & Support
Rowan 0c #8207, MoD Abbeywood
Bristol
BS348JH
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom