Official UK procurement notice
Fully inclusive support of MOD General Purpose Automatic Test Equipment
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFully inclusive support of MOD General Purpose Automatic Test Equipment (GPATE)
CPV: Test and evaluation of military electronic systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Fully Inclusive Support of MOD General Purpose Automatic Test Equipment
What it takes to wini
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).
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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).
- Lowest price
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
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Feb 2024, 13:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Feb 2024, 13:44 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004928- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
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
The Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract with Teradyne UK Ltd., for the Fully Inclusive Support, Repair and Calibration of MOD General Automatic Test Equipment (GPATE) for a period of 5 years with the option of 2 fixed price option years. The estimated total contract value is £13.5M VAT Ex for a period of 5 years with 2 fixed priced option years.
It is considered that this contract can be procured using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication in accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697). This procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 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 the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons as the services to be provided under the contract can only be supplied by the Contractor, and that therefore, competition is absent.
Teradyne Ltd are the OEM for this equipment and are the only contractor which has the necessary technical information relating to the equipment required to be able to safely and satisfactorily perform this requirement.
The exact expiry date of the current contract is the 31 March 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teradyne LtdSubcontracting: declared | £14,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004928-2024-1 · Teradyne Ltd
- Signed
- 14 Feb 2024
- Value
- £14,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- DE&S DecaReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Teradyne LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.