Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
BS34 8JH
Bristol
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
Provision and In-Service Support of Explosive Vapour Detection Device
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.3) Information on framework agreement
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
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 five-year Contract, with the option to extend by a further two years, to Smiths Detection-Watford Limited. This is for the Procurement and In-Service of a Explosive Vapour Detector Device (EVDD), with a total estimated contract value of £2,422,000 ex VAT (including option years).
This contract has been placed via a competitive procurement using the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 Restricted Procedure utilising the weighted value for money evaluation criteria. Smiths Detection-Watford Limited was awarded the Contract as they submitted a compliant bid in accordance with the evaluation criteria set out in the Invitation to Tender.
All Tenderers were notified of the Contract Award Decision on 10th July 2023 and the Contract was subsequently awarded 13th October 2023.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 38431100 - Gas-detection apparatus
Additional CPV code(s)
- 38543000 - Gas-detection equipment
- 75221000 - Military defence services
- 75222000 - Civil defence services
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £2,422,000
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Price. Weighting 40
2. Non-Price. Weighting 60
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
705356451
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Contract notice
Notice number: 2022/S 000-027211 of 28 September 2022
Other previous publications
Notice number: 2022/S 000-027211 of 29 September 2022
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
705356451
five.1) Date of contract award decision
10 July 2023
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Smiths Detection-Watford Limited
Century House, Maylands Avenue
Heme Hempstead
HP2 7DE
Email(s)
Emma.Greaves@smithsdetection.com
Country
United Kingdom
National registration number
0480992
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £2,422,000
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 5
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