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# IRM22/7611 - The Supply of Tooling, Equipment & Associated Items

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/irm22-7611-the-supply-of-tooling-equipment-associated-items-ocds-h6vhtk-039b62). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "IRM22/7611 - The Supply of Tooling, Equipment & Associated Items". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Feb 2023, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 February 2023 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Machine tools, Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring, Purchase, Tools, Workshop equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKG21
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-039b62`

## 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/irm22-7611-the-supply-of-tooling-equipment-associated-items-ocds-h6vhtk-039b62#tl-md)

## Description
Babcock Land Defence Limited - acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence ("the Authority") - has
under consideration a 3-year Framework Agreement for The Supply of Tooling, Equipment & Associated Items. The requirement is split into 2 lots.
Lot 1 - Workshop Tooling & Equipment
C600 NSNs – Estimated value £10.1M
Lot 2 - Measuring, Inspection & Testing Equipment
C500 NSNs – Estimated value £7.4M
The basket of goods to be provided at ITT, will represents c1,000 items which account for over 75% of forecast value for the Contract. It is anticipated that the remaining 25% 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:
Phase 1: c500 NSNs
Phase 2: c500 NSNs
Total: c1,000 NSNs 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). Some items are required to be procured to a drawing which will be circulated as appropriate. This will have an advertised contract value of £15m - £20m. Each individual lot shall be awarded to the bidder who provides the most economically advantageous tender based on the basket of goods and responses to the Obsolescence, Quality and Social Values questions.
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). The 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. The PQQ shall be assessed on DSP using the selection criteria given within the PQQ
and within each question. It is the intention of the Authority to down select the economic operators who will be invited to tender on a pass/fail basis. 
Contract name:
IRM22/7611
Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-773112218
Cyber Risk Profile: Very Low

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Workshop Tooling & Equipment
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 42600000, 43800000, 44510000

- **Estimated Value:** £10,100,000
- **Description:** All items within the scope of this procurement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). All items must 
be supplied compliant to the drawings provided with the tender or supplied compliant to the information 
available on CSIS
Babcock Land Defence ...

### Lot 2: Measuring, Inspection and Testing Equipment
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 38540000

- **Estimated Value:** £7,400,000
- **Description:** All items within the scope of this procurement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). All items must be supplied compliant to the drawings provided with the tender or supplied compliant to the information available on CSIS.
Babcock Land Defence L...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Workshop Tooling & Equipment
Measuring, Inspection & Testing Equipment (active)
  - Award id: `018705-2024-IRM22/7611-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Joseph Gleave and Son Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186815`
  - Value: £60,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Workshop Tooling & Equipment
Measuring, Inspection & Testing Equipment (active)
  - Signed Value: £60,000,000
  - Signed Date: 05/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018705-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-18T09:44:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T17:58:03.581Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-039b62