Award

100000

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-034370

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-041b8b

Published 21 November 2023, 10:57am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Salisbury

Email

shargraves@dstl.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other type

Security Checks

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

DSTL


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

100000

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Due to the nature of the work undertaken by Dstl part of the baseline checks has to be Animal Extremist Checks. These checks are conducted on open source material and is a vital part of the checks carried out to ensure we do not recruit any form of activist(s) into Dstl.

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: £100,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is a mandatory required check due to the nature of what Dstl do.

- Comprehensive Screening Checks

- Intelligent Analytics and reporting

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

X1 year optional extension.

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

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

Below threshold value.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

21 November 2023

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

Agenda Resource Management Ltd

Hull

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
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: £100,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Due to the nature of the work undertaken by Dstl part of the baseline checks has to be Animal Extremist Checks. These checks are conducted on open source material and is a vital part of the checks carried out to ensure we do not recruit any form of activist(s) into Dstl.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Retender of Animal Extremist Checks Contract

Salisbury

Email

shargraves@dstl.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Defence Science Technology laboratory

Fareham

Email

shargraves@dstl.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom