Official UK procurement notice
707615450 - In-Service Support of Emergency Escape Breathing Device (EEBD)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Salvage & Marine Operations Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (‘MOD’), have awarded a contract to Ocenco Incorporated (‘Ocenco’) to provide in-service support for Emergency Escape Breathing Devices (EEBDs), together with the purchase of additional EEBDs. The contract will be for a period of 3 years from 8th April 2024 expiring 31st March 2027.
CPV: Breathing apparatus · Fire escape equipment · Marine services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This contract shall provide in-service support for Emergency Escape Breathing Devices…Awarded
This contract shall provide in-service support for Emergency Escape Breathing Devices (EEBDs), together with the ability to purchase additional EEBDs.
EEBDs are used in the event of an escape from atmospheres that are either toxic or unable to sustain life and are a safety critical item to personnel on board ships/submarines.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Sept 2023, 13:24 BST
- Last source update
- 7 May 2024, 15:31 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014539- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a Contract Notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) because competition is absent for technical reasons.
This is because Ocenco is the sole manufacturer of the M-20.2, M-20.2XT and M-20.2T EEBDs which are currently in service with the MOD. Ocenco is the only company with the in-depth technical know-how and expertise to fulfil the requirement. Ocenco, as the original equipment manufacturer, is the only company with the ability to provide the legislative safety certification to re-certify or recycle the EEBDs which is required for MOD to comply with statutory legislation (Solas Regulation ii-2/13.3.4, ii-2/13.4.3, IMO Resolution MCS.98(73) Chapter 3.2.2 (FSS Code), IMO Resolution MCS/Circ.849, EN 13794 (2002) and ISO 23269-1 (2008)). The EEBDs provided by Ocenco are a safety critical item to personnel on board ships/submarines. Personnel are trained to use only one variant of EEBDs in the event of an escape from atmospheres that are either toxic or unable to sustain life. Using different equipment would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation by Royal Navy (RN) personnel and incompatibility with existing RN equipment. Introducing another type of EEBD would introduce an unacceptable safety risk to personnel.
Publisher note: https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=57017
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocenco IncorporatedSMEThe Supply and In-Service Support of Emergency Escape Breathing Devices | £4,990,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Ocenco IncorporatedSMESubcontracting: declared | £8,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
The Supply and In-Service Support of Emergency Escape Breathing Devices · Ocenco IncorporatedSME
- Signed
- 8 Apr 2024
- Value
- £4,990,000
- Status
- active
Contract 027634-2023-1 · Ocenco IncorporatedSME
- Signed
- 19 Sept 2023
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Ocenco IncorporatedAwarded supplier
- Ocenco IncorporatedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.