Official UK procurement notice
IRM20/7541 - The Repair, Calibration, Maintenance Services and Spares Storage for Aircraft Component Test Equipment
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice announces a Contract Award for the purposes of transparency only and is not a request for expressions of interest.
Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”) has awarded a four (4) year Framework Agreement to MEL Aviation Limited for the Repair, Calibration and Maintenance of Aircraft Component Test Equipment. There will also be the provision for three (3) one (1) year options should this be required and subject to satisfactory supplier performance.
CPV: Maintenance and repair services · Repair and maintenance services of aircraft · Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD)…
Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) proposes to negotiate a single source contract with MEL Aviation Limited for the Calibration, Repair and Maintenance of Aircraft Component Test Equipment, for a 4-year period with 3 x 1 year options, at a value of £2.7M. The Authority reserves the right to add items of a similar nature to the contract during its lifetime.
It is considered this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 due to a failed competition caused by the absence of suitable responses to the previous restricted procedure reference 346550/1185127 .
This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. Additional information: This notice is not a request for expressions of interest, so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the UK MOD is to place a single source qualifying Defence contract with the named supplier
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).
- Lowest price
- “IRM20/7541 - The Repair, Calibration, Maintenance Services and Spares…” 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
- 1 Jun 2023, 10:53 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Aug 2024, 15:28 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024910- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d2dbFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
- Published justification
It is considered that the contract has been placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 due to a failed competition caused by the absence of suitable responses to the previous restricted procedure.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated7 Aug 2024, 15:28 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,700,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 024910-2024-IRM20/7541-1
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
The Calibration, Repair and Maintenance of Aircraft Component Test Equipment
- Signed
- 25 May 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Babcock Land Defence LimitedReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- MEL Aviation LimitedFramework contractor
- MEL Aviation LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.