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Published 14 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

LFME · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£4,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 14 Feb 2022
Awarded to Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Live Fire monitoring equipment

CPV: Training and simulation in military electronic systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Provision of live fire monitoring equipment
Delivery: UK

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 · publisher note attached
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
Services
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
14 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
14 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
Authority reference
TSSP/140
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004213
Classification (CPV)
Training and simulation in military electronic systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031711 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Published justification

KMW are the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and design authority and exclusively own the know-how and data relating to the equipment; without such services the requirement cannot be provided. KMW have previously responded to the Authority’s request for information relating to an exclusive right for the LFME system and clearly stated that they hold the exclusive rights as owner of the LFME ® technology as developed in 1982. KMW have previously informed the Authority that they have not and will not license the exclusive rights to a third party.

Publisher note: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications  Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk     

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Feb 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KGSubcontracting: declared£4,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence MOD Abbey Wood | Cedar 2b, #4110, Bristol, BS34 8JH, Bristol, UKContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • MOD Land Equipment TSSPReview body Bristol

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.