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Published 8 Aug 2022, 12:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BATHYTHERMOGRAPHIC PROBES · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: United States (US)
Awarded value£10,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 3 Aug 2022
Awarded to Lockheed Martin Sippican

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a 5 year contract with Lockheed Martin Sippican to supply Bathythermographic Probes.

CPV: Probes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The contract is to supply Bathythermographic Probes until 2028
Delivery listed: United States (US)

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
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Single Source: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Single Source: 100%

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
Goods
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
8 Aug 2022, 12:10 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2022, 12:10 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021708
Classification (CPV)
Probes
Delivery area
United States (US)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0359c1 Find a Tender
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

Published justification

It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procurement Without Prior Publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011. This is for technical reasons associated with the equipment being provided under this contract, which belongs to Lockheed Martin Sippican and as such cannot be provided without access to that information.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 3 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lockheed Martin SippicanSubcontracting: declared£10,000,000 †—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 Abbey Wood, Bristol, UK, BS37 8JHContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • DE&SReview body Bristol

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.