Official UK procurement notice
DFAP/0044 - Ground Fuel to Exercise
Authority: MOD Logistics Delivery OC Defence Fuels Acquisition Programme (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority requires Diesel fuel (DIESO MT (NATO Code F-54) complying with BS EN 590 (latest issue)) to be supplied into the Authority's Bulk Fuel Carrying Vehicles (BFCVs) or Deployable Bulk Fuel Installations (DBFIs) in order to provide fuel support to military exercises. It is anticipated that the requirement for filling the Authority's vehicles will be met by the Supplier's vehicles delivering fuel directly into the Authority's vehicles at a site that offers suitable security, accessibility and environmental protection.
CPV: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Mar 2021, 12:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Mar 2021, 12:32 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004450- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0298b9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
The Defence Fuels Acquisition Programme (DFAP) intends to place a Contract with Certas UK Limited for the Provision of Ground Fuel (Diesel) to fulfil Army training requirements, using the Negotiated procedure without Prior Publication. The Contract will run for a period of two (2) firm years and one (1) option year and is valued at approximately £1.3M.
On 16 January 2021 DFAP advertised a contract notice indicating a call for competition for this requirement. Responses to the call for competition were required by 16 February 2021. No responses were received to the call for competition. Given no tenders were submitted in response to the competitive procedure, DFAP intends to place this contract pursuant to regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The link to the Contract notice published on the 16 January 2021 can be found: www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000931-2021 ↗
- Review procedure
The Authority will not enter into a Contract until the VTN has been published and available for review for a minimum of 10 days.
Subject to negotiation outcome, the deadline for Invitation to Negotiation (ITN) documents should be returned by 22 March 2021. The ITN will be reviewed by both a Commercial and Project team on the 26 March 2021 who will provide their confirmations before 29 March 2021. The Contract should then be placed on the 29 March 2021 – depending on this VTN outcome and review outcome.
Publisher note: 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.dcocontracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-202135-DCB-17888138
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certas Energy UK Limited | £1,083,333 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004450-2021-1 · Certas Energy UK Limited
- Signed
- 4 Mar 2021
- Value
- £1,083,333
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Certas Energy UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.