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Published 11 Dec 2023, 14:19 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

IRM23/7634 - The Supply of Sniper Rifle Spares

Official notice

Authority: Babcock Land Defence Limited

GoodsNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Awarded value£3,500,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 14 Nov 2023
Awarded to Accuracy International Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a

Contract with Accuracy International Ltd for the Supply of Sniper Rifle Spares

Contract name: IRM23/7634

Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-981886125

Cyber Risk Profile: Very Low

CPV: Rifles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Babcock Land Defence Limited - acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence ("the…

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 Sniper Rifle Spares.

All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs). Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers, any relevant available technical data (to include CSIS MPN’s, etc.) and shall be informed of any required applicable compliance standards. Tenderers shall be expected to provide items which comply with the requirements of either the provided Specifications or CSIS (the Codification Support Information Systems maintained by the United Kingdom National Codification Bureau).

Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award.

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.

Delivery: West Midlands

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Lowest price

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
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
11 Dec 2023, 14:19 GMT
Last source update
11 Dec 2023, 14:19 GMT
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036381
Classification (CPV)
Rifles
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042334 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive

Published justification

Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a

Contract with Accuracy International Ltd for the Supply of Sniper Rifle Spares.

In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. This is because Accuracy International Ltd is the only Contractor with significant niche expertise, technical ‘know-how’ and acquired specific experience to source quality spares and manage the supply chain / delivery process for this requirement.

Accuracy International Ltd is the manufacturer and sole distributor of spares to support the components required to support the AS50 Sniper Rifle Weapon Platform. They own the rights to the technical specifications required to undertake the manufacture, testing and supply and they do not share this knowledge/expertise with any third party.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Accuracy International LtdSMEThe Supply of Sniper Rifle SparesSubcontracting: declared£3,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Babcock Land Defence Limited

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Building B15, MoD Donnington, Telford, West Midlands, TF2 8JTContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.