Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of 7.62mm Chain Gun CES Kits
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe procurement of qty 265 off sets of 7.62mm Chain Gun CES kits
CPV: Tool kits
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Procurement of qty 265 sets off 7.62mm Chain Gun CES kits
Procurement of qty 265 sets off 7.62mm Chain Gun CES kits. Additional information: The Cyber Risk Assessment number is 950089271 and the Cyber Risk Profile is Not Applicable
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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).
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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).
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-024963- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
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 absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The Turret Weapons Systems (TWS) team within the DE&S Vehicle Demonstration & Manufacture (VDM) Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”), intends to award a Contract to Nottingham Small Arms Factory (NSAF) Limited to cover the procurement of quantity 265 off 7.62mm Chain Gun (CG) Complete Equipment Schedule (CES) kits, in order to operate and maintain CG currently being fitted to the AJAX platform.
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
This is because NSAF Limited has the necessary access to the OEM Design and Technical documentation relating to the 7.62mm Chain Gun and ancillary equipment. The proprietary technical knowledge, technical drawings and data packs are required to fulfil this requirement. Without access to this information no other contractor would be able to fulfil this requirement to the technical and safety standards required.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Small Arms Factory LtdSMESubcontracting: declared | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024963-2021-1 · Nottingham Small Arms Factory LtdSME
- Signed
- 5 Oct 2021
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- VDM Team, DE&S Land SystemsReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nottingham Small Arms Factory LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.