Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MoD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Beau Morgan
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
Seafox Follow on Support Contract
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
- UKK - South West (England)
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Seafox Follow on Support
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 90523300 - Mine sweeping services
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £18,686,238
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
connected with the protection of exclusive rights
Atlas Elektronik (AEUK) are the only supplier with access to the necessary means, tools and specific know-how and expertise to provide these support services to ensure that the equipment, the platforms in which they are fitted and all function effectively and safely. AEUK are licenced by their parent company AE GmbH (the OEM and Design Authority) to have access to the system's required technical information, technical drawings and data. Without access to these documents and data it is not possible to fulfil this requirement as it would not be possible to meet all the required standards, including safety and technical standards. As the only economic operator with the required access AEUK are the only operator that can fulfil this requirement.
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
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
701480380
five.1) Date of contract award decision
17 November 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
Atlas Elektronik UK Ltd
Dorset Innovation Park
Dorchester
DT2 8ZB
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £18,686,238
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