Find a TenderAwarded
Published 27 Jan 2023, 14:37 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DTEP Industry Panel Support

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£120,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Mar 2023awarded 13 Apr 2023
Awarded to ADS Group

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract has been awarded.

The Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (DTEP) is an initiative designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK to develop innovative materials, technologies and processes, and to enhance Defence supply chains. MOD requires a provider to build and maintain a pool of DTEP Project Review Panel members which will include experts from industry, across a range of Defence organisations with representation from the English regions and Devolved Administrations. The provider will then be required to coordinate DTEP industry project review panels.

CPV: Promotional services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£120,000
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contract will be for 24 months with an option to extend this by a further 12 months to 36 months (2+1).Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
i

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: 100Price: 100
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Most Economically Advantageous Tender as detailed in the Tender documents: 100
  • price: 100
Published award criteria (2)
  • Most Economically Advantageous Tender as detailed in the Tender documents: 100
  • Price: 100
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Suitability to pursue the professional activity

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
27 Jan 2023, 14:37 GMT
Last source update
13 Apr 2023, 14:15 BST
Award evaluation window
1 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
706016450
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010661
Classification (CPV)
Promotional services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039b81 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: All documents associated with this procurement can be accessed free of charge on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) https://contracts.mod.uk using Project number 706016450-1. Details of how to register on the DSP can be found at https://contracts.mod.uk/web/user-guide.html. Suppliers wishing to Tender for this requirement should submit their Tender on the DSP in accordance with the instructions contained within Invitation to Tender documentation. Suppliers should also complete the Suitability Assessment Questions (SAQ) which is contained in the Qualification Envelope of project 706016450-1 on the DSP. These questions contain all the mandatory economic and financial grounds for rejection and the minimum levels of capacity and capability that are required to perform the contract. The SAQ is a pass/fail test for suitability and minimum levels of capability and capacity and suppliers who do not meet these minimum capability and capacity criteria will not pass to the Tender evaluation stage. Any tender Clarification Questions should be submitted through the DSP. Suppliers who wish to submit a tender should complete all questions and submit their tender documents via the DSP in accordance with the instructions in the DEFFORM 47 – ITT documents. It is a condition of contract that MOD suppliers trade electronically via the MODs CP&F tool and Exostar.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
Submission deadline
1 Mar 2023, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
1 Mar 2023, 10:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Mar 2023 → 13 Apr 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Mar 2023, 10:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    1 Mar 2023, 10:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    13 Apr 2023, 14:15 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Apr 2023, 14:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £120,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Apr 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ADS GroupSME£120,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • DTEP Industry Panel Support · ADS GroupSME

    Signed
    13 Apr 2023
    Value
    £120,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Gloucester, UKContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Commercial Business Partner 4Review body Gloucester
  • Liz HardingReview body Gloucester

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ADS Group LimitedAwarded supplier7016635 9 Albert Embankment,, London, London, SE1 7SP

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria