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Manufacture and Supply of Capital Spares for the Foxhound Vehicle

  • Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Vehicle Support Team

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-000219

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-003804-integration

Published 19 January 2021, 11:54am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Vehicle Support Team

Defence Equipment and Support, Cedar 1a, #3157, MOD Abbey Wood

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Contact

Mrs Amy Parker

Email

DESLEVS-PMVP-ComrclTeam@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3067986818

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://des.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

Manufacture and Supply of Capital Spares for the Foxhound Vehicle

Reference number

700004659

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 35421100 - Engines and engine parts for military vehicles

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Manufacture and supply of capital spares for the Foxhound vehicle.

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: £452,140

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL - WALES
Main site or place of performance

Wales

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Manufacture and supply of capital spares for the Foxhound vehicle.

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 without a prior call for competition

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
  • 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:

The vehicle support team- operations, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (the 'Authority'), intends to extend the scope of an existing supply contract (advertised in OJEU on 12 April 2019 reference 700004659) with General Dynamics Land Systems - United Kingdom (the 'Contractor') for the manufacture and supply of the following 'Foxhound' items, such extension having an estimated total value not exceeding GBP 452 140.00 (ex-vat):

It is considered that this contract amendment may be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC and Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (SI 1848) on the basis that for technical reasons the requirements may be met only by the Contractor. The Authority conducted a competition (advertised through the issue of a contract notice published in OJEU on (10 July 2020 reference 7000712372) for all these safety critical items, under a new contract procurement and the Contractor returned the only compliant, priced bid at tender stage in relation to that competition.

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

700004659

Title

Manufacture and Supply of Capital Spares for the Foxhound Vehicle

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

24 November 2020

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

General Dynamics Land-Systems-United Kingdom

Unit 1 and 3, Oakdale Business Park

Blackwood

NP12 4AD

Email

Thomas.Darch@gdlsuk.com

Telephone

+44 1495787268

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKL - WALES
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £452,140

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £452,140


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

Advertising Regime OJEU: this contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk Go reference: GO-20201126-DCB-17423493

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Vehicle Support Team (VST)

Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Vehicle Support Team

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Email

DESLEVS-PMVP-ComrclTeam@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3067986818

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://des.mod.uk/