Official UK procurement notice
Household Division Horse Riding Safety Equipment
Authority: LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTeam Leidos are proud to be delivering the logistics commodities and services transformation (LCS(T)) Delivery partner contracts (LCS (T)/0001 dated 16.4.2015) on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (the ‘Prime Contract’). Delivery of other parts of the LCS(T) contract are delivered by Leidos Europe Ltd (LEL) and other partners (together ‘Team Leidos’). This requirement is subject to the Public Procurement Regulations and respective advertising action.
CPV: Headgear and headgear accessories · Protective gear · Protective headgear
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Defence Clothing Team, which forms part of Leidos Supply Ltd intends to award a…
The Defence Clothing Team, which forms part of Leidos Supply Ltd intends to award a framework agreement for Horse Riding Safety Equipment to Finest Brands International on behalf of the UK MOD. This requirement covers Riding Helmets and Body Protection.
The total estimated value for this framework is £91,000 across a term of 4 years (48 months).
Procedure 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
- 14 Dec 2023, 11:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Dec 2023, 11:57 GMT
- Authority reference
LSL/DC/0174- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036777- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042592Find a Tender
- 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
Leidos Supply Ltd will be looking to award a framework under The Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015.
Regulation 6 (15) contracting authorities may award contracts for individual lots without applying the procedures provided for by this Part, but only if the estimated value, net of VAT, of the lot concerned is less than £138,760.
Regulation 32 (1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
(2 - a) where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure
(2 - b - ii) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:— competition is absent for technical reasons as no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Finest Brands International Ltd is the only manufacturer that responded to Team Leidos' public engagement and is able to meet the specification for Horse Riding PPE required for, but not strictly limited to, the Household Division.
Publisher note: Please note this is a Voluntary Transparency Notice, this contract has not been awarded yet. Subject to Leidos Supply Limited receiving no notice during the standstill period of any intention to legally challenge the award process, Leidos Supply Limited aims to award the Proposed Contract after 12:00pm on the 29th December 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finest Brands International LtdSMESubcontracting: declared | £91,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Household Division Horse Riding Safety Equipment · Finest Brands International LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2022
- Value
- £91,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Leidos Supply LimitedReview body
- UK has no body responsible for appeals or Mediation proceduresMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Finest Brands International LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.