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Published 10 Feb 2023, 11:22 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Production and Delivery of Protector

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: United States (US)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 10 Feb 2023
Awarded to General Atomics

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Electrical Power System

CPV: Non-piloted aircraft

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery listed: United States (US)

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
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
10 Feb 2023, 11:22 GMT
Last source update
10 Feb 2023, 11:22 GMT
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004147
Classification (CPV)
Non-piloted aircraft
Delivery area
United States (US)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a4a0 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

Published justification

In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication 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) due to technical reasons and reasons connected to the protection of exclusive rights.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
General AtomicsSubcontracting: declaredUSN 54,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 004147-2023-1 · General Atomics

    Signed
    10 Feb 2023
    Value
    USN 54,000,000
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Bristol, UKContact email

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.