Official UK procurement notice
DSCOMCB2255 Provision of Interim Strategic Sealift
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStrategic Sealift provides UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) with a capability to deploy cargo overseas from the UK in support of the UK’s standing commitments and contingent operations. The current Sealift contract expires on 31 December 2024. A new project has been initiated by UK MOD, with the aim to provide a new contract for an interim period of minimum 7 years, to an updated user requirement. This is a VTN outlining the Authority's route to market.
CPV: Shipping operations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
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 · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- 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
- 23 Nov 2022, 17:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Nov 2022, 17:03 GMT
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033297- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0387daFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit)
Regulations 2019 (SI No.2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the
Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCR 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 this contract can be placed using the
negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service
(as required by the relevant legislation) and is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the
DSCPR (2011) for technical reasons as Foreland Shipping Limited (“FSL”) is the only economic
operator that has vessels holding the required technical capability and capacity to support the
MOD’s Key User Requirements (KUR) detailed in a PIN published on Contracts Finder
Publisher note: Supporting notices can be found here: Defence Sourcing Portal - https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/toolkit/notice/showNationalData.do?noticeId=1149514#fh Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/9954ef42-0aba-4839-8e52-09e5e0d62b84?origin=SearchResults&p=1
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreland Shipping LimitedSubcontracting: declared | £625,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 033297-2022-1 · Foreland Shipping Limited
- Signed
- 23 Nov 2022
- Value
- £625,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Foreland Shipping LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.