Award

Remanufacture, Repair and Maintenance of TN54 & TN15 Transmissions, Final Drives and Associated Assemblies

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-033321

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0387ea

Published 24 November 2022, 9:49am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Telford

TF2 8JT

Email

irmprocurementrepairteam@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.babcockinternational.com

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

Remanufacture, Repair and Maintenance of TN54 & TN15 Transmissions, Final Drives and Associated Assemblies

Reference number

IRM21/7572

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 50630000 - Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Babcock Land Defence Limited acting as the UK Ministry of Defence’s agent, intends to negotiate a single source Contract with David Brown Santasalo UK Limited for the Remanufacture and whole assembly Repair of TN54E/ ETS Transmissions, repair of TN15E/E+ Transmissions, all associated assemblies and final drives.

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: £137,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Babcock Land Defence Limited acting as the UK Ministry of Defence’s agent, intends to negotiate a single source Contract with David Brown Santasalo UK Limited for the Remanufacture and whole assembly Repair of TN54E/ ETS Transmissions, repair of TN15E/E+ Transmissions, all associated assemblies and final drives.

The framework duration will be 5 years plus two one-year options subject to requirement and satisfactory performance.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Two x one-year options, subject to requirement and satisfactory performance.

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

  • 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:

Babcock Land Defence Limited acting as the UK Ministry of Defence’s agent, intends to negotiate a single source Contract with David Brown Santasalo UK Limited for the Remanufacture and whole assembly Repair of TN54E/ ETS Transmissions, repair of TN15E/E+ Transmissions, all associated assemblies and final drives. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.

David Brown Santasalo UK Limited are the only supplier with the specific know-how of the TN54E/ETS & TN15E/E+ Transmissions to be able to provide the equipment support services required by the UK Ministry of Defence. David Brown Santasalo UK Limited are the proprietary owner of the design for the TN54E/ETS & TN15E/E+ transmissions and hold the related design information and technical specifications, data and knowledge. Without access to such design information and technical specification, data and knowledge, the UK Ministry of Defence is not in a position to be able to identify the exact technical requirements which are required to ensure the safety and suitability of the repairs and that the interoperability of the transmissions with the platform is not compromised. Neither the design information and technical specification, data and knowledge are available from any other supplier. This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. Babcock Land Defence Limited is to negotiate a single source framework agreement with David Brown Santasalo UK Limited.

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

Contract No

IRM21/7572

Title

Remanufacture, Repair and Maintenance of TN54 & TN15 Transmissions, Final Drives and Associated Assemblies

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

14 January 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

David Brown Santasalo UK Limited

Huddersfield

HD4 5DD

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKE4 - West Yorkshire
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £137,000,000

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

Babcock Land Defence Limited

Telford

TF2 8JT

Country

United Kingdom