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title: "IRM20/7546 - The Supply of Precision Machined and Assembled Parts"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/irm20-7546-the-supply-of-precision-machined-and-assembled-parts-ocds-h6vhtk-02ff90"
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# IRM20/7546 - The Supply of Precision Machined and Assembled Parts

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/irm20-7546-the-supply-of-precision-machined-and-assembled-parts-ocds-h6vhtk-02ff90). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Babcock Land Defence Limited: "IRM20/7546 - The Supply of Precision Machined and Assembled Parts". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £50,000,000. Lot information not published. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jan 2022, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Babcock Land Defence Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/babcock-land-defence-limited-coh-09329025)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £50,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 January 2022 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Parts of military vehicles, Purchase
- **Delivery Location:** UKG21
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ff90`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/irm20-7546-the-supply-of-precision-machined-and-assembled-parts-ocds-h6vhtk-02ff90#tl-md)

## Description
The Supply of Precision Machined and Assembled Parts. Quantity or scope: Babcock Land Defence Limited - acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence ("the Authority") - has under consideration a 7 year multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Fabricated Parts.
All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers and shall be informed of any required applicable compliance standards. Tenderers shall be expected to provide items which comply with the requirements of CSIS (the Codification Support Information Systems maintained by the United Kingdom National Codification Bureau).
This Contract is intended to include c.700 items identified as being fabricated parts supporting UK Ministry of Defence's vehicle fleet with an advertised contract value of between £40 million and £50 million.
The Contract shall be awarded to the 4 bidders who provide the most economically advantageous tenders based on the basket of goods provided in Annex A to Schedule 2 - Price List and responses to the Obsolescence, Quality and Social Values questions.
The basket of goods provided within Annex A to Schedule 2 - Price List, represents c.200 items which account for over 30% of forecast value for the Contract. It is anticipated that the remaining 70% of forecast items by volume and value, which are all aligned to the scope and characteristics of this Contract, will be added to Contract via a satisfactory RFQ process with the successful bidders in 2 phases following Contract Award. The Phased approach is below:
Phase 1: c200 NSNs
Phase 2: c400 NSNs
Phase 3: c150 NSNs
Total: c750 NSNs
Bidders shall submit pricing for a minimum of 80% of items released in phase 1.
Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award (over and above those items envisaged to be added to contract in Phases 1 & 2 identified above.
RAR Code: U5MZ3QD7 - VERY LOW
Any resulting contract shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality, and shall include remedies for poor performance.
The Authority shall award the Contract in accordance with the evaluation criteria which will be detailed in the Invitation To Tender.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030745-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-09T22:45:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T15:01:12.503Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ff90