IRM26/7739 - The Supply of Sniper Rifle Spares

The Ministry of Defence intends to award a contract to Accuracy International Limited for the supply of sniper rifle spares. The contract will be for a period of 3 years plus 2 x 1 option years and have a value of up to £4m.

It is considered that this contract can be awarded under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 because the direct award justification specified in paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 applies. Accuracy International Limited has the intellectual property rights in the products to be supplied and so only Accuracy International Limited can supply the goods required and because the Authority already operates with the goods required there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods. The Authority also considers that the justification in paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 applies. The public contract concerns the supply of goods, which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works and a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods and the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. Babcock Land Defence Limited is to negotiate a single source contract with the named supplier, Accuracy International Limited, PO Box 81, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 5SJ, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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.