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Published 21 Nov 2022, 13:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

750000.00 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£750,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Nov 2022
Awarded to GL industrial Services UK LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Notice of publication of transparency for Counter Terrorist Measure Trials.

CPV: Military research and technology

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The MOD is at risk from terrorist and other adversarial organizations

The MOD is at risk from terrorist and other adversarial organizations. Counter Terrorist Measures (CTM) are part of the way the department discharges its ‘Duty of Care’ to its employees under the Health & Safety at Work Act. The MOD has an enduring requirement to provide ‘reasonable and practicable’ (HSW definition) levels of protection to building occupants in the context of CTM.

Over the last two decades, the construction industry has continuously strived to reduce both build times and cost. This has primarily been driven by commercial considerations and has resulted in construction becoming progressively ‘lighter’ in terms of its strength and mass (weight) and this has negatively impacted on the MOD’s ability to provide ‘reasonable & practicable’ levels of protection to building occupants in the context of CTM.

In support of this, DIO intends to conduct a series of blast trials related to explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). These blast activities will explore the impact of emerging trends in construction such as modern methods of construction, ‘modular’ construction, and Steel Framing Solutions (SFS) cladding systems. The blast trials will provide the DIO with an understanding the effects explosives and improvised explosive devices can have on buildings or their components when placed within them or in close proximity. These blast activities have the common characteristics of being sensitive in nature, potentially hazardous if not carefully planned and executed, in most cases unprecedented and large in scale, involve significant quantities of explosives and require a suite of specialized and sophisticated instrumentation to measure the effects. The output of the blast trials will be used by the DIO to update the CTM Policy to be aligned with modern methods of construction in terms of the use of ‘modular’ construction and SFS cladding systems.

Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Lowest price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis
CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Nov 2022, 13:06 GMT
Last source update
21 Nov 2022, 13:06 GMT
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-032948
Classification (CPV)
Military research and technology
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons; The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to

Published justification

DIO, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), intends to award a 2-year (plus 1 year extension) Call-Off Contract with a value of £900,000GBP incl. of VAT to DNV Services UK Limited for the provision of conducting a series of blast trials related to Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD).

In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). 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 the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) technical reasons and Regulation 16(1)(c) research and development services grounds as set out in the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011.

This is because DNV Services UK Limited has the unique capability and presence in the UK in having a current track record of delivering work across the full combination of technical and hazard areas at one trial site, as necessary to deliver this requirement. Additionally, the purpose of the requirement is for research and development, which will provide the DIO with an understanding of the effects explosives and improvised explosive devices can have on buildings or their components

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £750,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GL industrial Services UK LTDS&P Counter Terrorist Measure TrialsSubcontracting: declared£750,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Glasgow, UK, G2 8EXContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.