Official UK procurement notice
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Model Laser Safety Support
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contractor is required to develop new, and improve existing, laser safety models -
including the laser Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) tool - to support UK laser safety
tools and the UK/US MOU Project arrangement programme. The contractor is further
required to support the Military Laser Safety Team (MLST) as Subject Matter Experts
(SME's) on laser Safety PRA at technical meetings in the UK and US.
CPV: Research and Development services on security and defence materials
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Develop a suite of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Validation and Verification models…Awarded
Develop a suite of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Validation and Verification models necessary to use and develop the MATILDA software tool and additional Stray Laser Energy (SLE) module.
Leonardo have access to the all previous iterations of the MATILDA tool and are the only contractor with the technical knowledge and experience necessary to modify the MATILDA programme. It is also not possible for a contractor other than Leonardo to develop the SLE Tool as the SLE Tool is a module which can only operate within the overarching MATILDA Tool.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jun 2021, 11:20 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2021, 11:20 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-014801- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c144Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
It is considered that the Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
The Contract can only be placed with Leonardo UK Ltd as they are the only supplier that has the knowledge and specific tools to have developed a suite of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Validation and Verification models necessary to use and develop the MATILDA software tool and additional Stray Laser Energy (SLE) module.
Leonardo have access to the all previous iterations of the MATILDA tool and are the only contractor with the technical knowledge and experience necessary to modify the MATILDA programme. It is also not possible for a contractor other than Leonardo to develop the SLE Tool as the SLE Tool is a module which can only operate within the overarching MATILDA Tool.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo UK LtdPRA Laser Safety Support | £1,675,201 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
PRA Laser Safety Support · Leonardo UK Ltd
- Signed
- 21 May 2021
- Value
- £1,675,201
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Leonardo LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.