Official UK procurement notice
IRM16/1297 - Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Ministry of Defence (the Authority), has awarded a single source contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) for the provision of Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System for a period of 3 (three) years.
Please note, this notice announces a Contract Award for the purposes of transparency only and is not a request for expressions of interest.
Please note, Babcock Land Defence Limited is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, in the first instance interested parties may contact Babcock with queries relating to this procurement.
CPV: Maintenance and repair services · Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
- “IRM16/1297 - Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Feb 2025, 12:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Feb 2025, 12:53 GMT
- Authority reference
IRM16/1297- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004163- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as Agent to the UK Ministry of Defence, has negotiated a single source contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) for the Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System.
Justification For Non-Competitive Decision: It is considered this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 25(1)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) due to the absence of suitable tenders in response to the previous restricted procedure reference 2017/S 225-469815. The UK Ministry of Defence received a single tender response and that tender was evaluated as being technically compliant.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
IRM16/1297 - Repair of the Challenger 2 Commanders Sighting System
- Signed
- 18 Jun 2024
- Value
- £10,412,544
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Babcock Land Defence LimitedReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL)Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.