Award

Repair and Refurbishment of Optical Electrical and Electronic Components and Associated Assemblies.

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-035988

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0392bf

Published 20 December 2022, 11:18am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Building B15, MoD Donnington

Telford

TF2 8JT

Email

IRMProcurementRepairTeam@babcockinternational.com

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.contracts.mod.uk

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

Repair and Refurbishment of Optical Electrical and Electronic Components and Associated Assemblies.

Reference number

IRM21/7570

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 50660000 - Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a Single Source Contract with Ultra Precision Control Systems with a duration of 7 years for the Repair and Refurbishment of Optical Electrical and Electronic Components and Associated Assemblies

Cyber Risk Profile for the requirement is advised as 'very low'.

Risk Assessment Reference number is 758401393

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: £3,900,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK13 - Gloucestershire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a Single Source Contract with Ultra Precision Control Systems for the Repair and Refurbishment of Optical Electrical and Electronic Components and Associated Assemblies.

It is considered that this contract placement 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 because;

a. Ultra Precision Control Systems, who are the original equipment manufacturer and the Design Authority hold all design drawings/information, technical specifications and technical expertise and Special Tooling and Test Equipment required.

b. Due to the interoperability requirements of the equipment, the repair and refurbishment cannot be undertaken without access to the OEM and Design Authority technical documentation, which is not available to third parties, no other party at this current time would be able to support this requirement.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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 agent to the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a Single Source Contract with Ultra Precision Control Systems for the Repair and Refurbishment of Optical Electrical and Electronic Components and Associated Assemblies.

It is considered that this contract placement 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 because;

a. Ultra Precision Control Systems, who are the original equipment manufacturer and the Design Authority hold all design drawings/information, technical specifications and technical expertise and Special Tooling and Test Equipment required.

b. Due to the interoperability requirements of the equipment, the repair and refurbishment cannot be undertaken without access to the OEM and Design Authority technical documentation, which is not available to third parties, no other party at this current time would be able to support this requirement.

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that UK Ministry of Defence is to negotiate a single source 7 year framework agreement with the named supplier and this notice is published for reasons of transparency only.

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

IRM21/7570

Title

Repair and Refurbishment of Optical Electrical and Electronic Components and Associated Assemblies.

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

19 December 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

Ultra Precision Control Systems

Cheltenham

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK13 - Gloucestershire
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: £3,900,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that UK Ministry of Defence is to negotiate a single source 7 year framework agreement with the named supplier and this notice is published for reasons of transparency only.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Babcock Land Defence Limited

Telford

Country

United Kingdom