Contract

704391450 - MHC Procurement of IVER 4 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)

  • Ministry of Defence, Mine Hunting Capability Team

F18: Contract award notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-033520

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-036541

Published 25 November 2022, 2:12pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ministry of Defence, Mine Hunting Capability Team

MoD Abbey Wood Ash 0B, NH3, Filton, Bristol

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Contact

MHC Commercial Manager

For the attention of

Mr Garry Ogborne

Email(s)

garry.ogborne100@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority/entity

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support

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

704391450 - MHC Procurement of IVER 4 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)

two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies

Purchase

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance

L3Harris ASV Ltd, Portchester, Fareham

NUTS code

  • UKJ31 - Portsmouth

two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Procurement of 3 x IVER4 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for the MHC Team. The AUVs are to be deployed as part of the Wilton operational capability.

two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 35512400 - Unmanned underwater vehicles

two.2) Total final value of contract(s)

two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)

Value: £2,832,734.09

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

Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under strict conditions: yes

See VTN 2022/S 000-024618 (https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024618-2022)

four.2) Award criteria

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

704391450

four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice number: 2022/S 000-024618 of 2 September 2022


Section five: Award of contract

Contract No

704391450

five.1) Date of contract award decision

11 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

L3Harris ASV

L3Harris ASV Ltd, Portchester, Fareham

Portchester

PO16 9RD

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.l3harris.com

five.4) Information on value of contract

Total final value of the contract

Value: £2,832,734.09

Excluding VAT

If annual or monthly value

Number of months: 5

five.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: Yes

Value or proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties:

Not known

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be sub-contracted:

The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.


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

Ministry of Defence, DE&S, Mine Hunting Capability Team

MHC Project Team, Ash 0B, NH3, MoD Abbey Wood, Filton

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Email(s)

garry.ogborne100@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support