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ISTEC Combined Support Contract

Defence services
military defence services and civil defence services
Repair and maintenance services of firearms and ammunition
+2 more
South West (UKK1)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published0
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "ISTEC Combined Support Contract". Published status: award. Published value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Recorded
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Ministry of Defence. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 2 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
StatusNot published
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationDefence services, military defence services and civil defence services, Repair and maintenance services of firearms and ammunition, Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
Delivery area
South West (UKK1)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029828
What is being bought
The awarded contract is for the provision of support services in respect of weapon and sight mount systems. The contract will be for 5-year period and will include the provision of a technical support service and the procurement of additional in-service systems if required.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to published status
    23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
  4. Status changed to complete
    3 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  5. Official notice release published
    3 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  6. Buyer information updated
    3 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (0)
Published by the contracting authority
No data
No lots are published for this procedure
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    23 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 16 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST · £520,834
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
ISTEC Services Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£520,834 · signed 16 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1
electronicBids: 1
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-FTS-21268
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  • Ministry of Defence
    buyer
    reviewBody

    Defence Equipment & Support, MOD Abbey Wood South, LEOC-STSP-DCC-Lethality, NH3 Cedar 2A #3260, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8JH
    Lisa.Sinfield100@mod.gov.uk
    +44 3001666082

  • ISTEC Services Limited
    supplier

    King Edward House, 8 Bluecoats Avenue, Hertford, SG14 1PB
    Adrian.Webster@istec.co.uk
    +44 1992517000
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Dismounted Close Combat programme team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has placed a 5-year contract with ISTEC Services Ltd for the Combined Support, Supply and Repair of in-service weapon and sight mount systems with the provision to procure additional systems if required. It is considered that this Contract will be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) and 16(1)(b)(i) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for Technical Reasons. This is because ISTEC Services Ltd are the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) and are the only economic entity with the necessary technical data, knowledge and expertise, and proprietary documentation maintained by the DA necessary to provide the required technical support and undertake any Post Design Services to ensure it complies with the Authority’s specification and maintains operational performance and effectiveness of the in-service mount systems. Without access to the proprietary documentation, technical drawings, tooling and test equipment, specific manufacturing processes and knowledge and expertise, any goods or services provided by another entity would require new testing, new verification and validation to ensure that the safety and suitability for service of the systems, operational performance and effectiveness, and the interoperability with other weapons and platforms is not compromised and that the Safety Case for the system is not invalidated. A change of supplier would also oblige the Authority to acquire goods having different technical characteristics, resulting in incompatibility between the existing platforms and weapons, affecting the support, technical publications and documentation, training, and logistics of a multiple platform fleet from that already provided and currently in-service. There would also be disproportionate cost, time and technical difficulties incurred to the Authority associated with introducing new items into the Authority’s supply chain and inventory.