Official UK procurement notice
Airborne Equipment PDS Support with Equipment, Air Commodities and Spares
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThrough-life support for in-service Airborne Equipment, including Parachutes, Commodities, Spares and Ancillaries.
CPV: Parachutes · Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Through-life support for in-service Airborne Equipment, including Parachutes, Air…Awarded
Through-life support for in-service Airborne Equipment, including Parachutes, Air Commodities, Spares and Ancillaries. This shall also include the procurement of capital spares, their components & ancillaries, and for engineering technical advice.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 6 Mar 2023, 09:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Feb 2024, 14:48 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004652- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ae44Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
It has been determined that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCR 2011) for technical reasons due to IrvinGQ Limited being the sole Design Organisation (DO), and/or Original Equipment Manufacturer and sole distributor of items approved by the relevant system Coordinating Design Organisations, for the ADE, AFE systems. As such they are deemed by the respective Type Airworthiness Authorities (TAAs) and Engineering Authorities (EAs) to be the only Design Organisation Approval Scheme (DAOS) approved supplier that meets the Safety and Airworthiness requirements to provide and maintain the AE systems.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated12 Feb 2024, 14:48 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IrvinGQ LimitedSubcontracting: Estimated materials and spares values over the life of the Contract. | £30,215,607 † | — | Awarded |
| IrvinGQ LimitedAE PDS Support and Spares ContractSubcontracting: declared | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004652-2024-1 · IrvinGQ Limited
- Signed
- 20 Dec 2023
- Value
- £30,215,607
- Status
- active
AE PDS Support and Spares Contract · IrvinGQ Limited
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through-life support for in-service Airborne Equipment, including Parachutes, Air… | 1bids | — | — | £3,000,000 – £10,000,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £3,000,000 – £10,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- C17CSAE AE Commercial TeamReview body
- C17CSAE-CommercialReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- IrvinGQ LimitedAwarded supplier
- IrvinGQ LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.