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Published 27 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Hand Held Sonar Systems-VTN-V3

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Awarded value£4,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Jul 2021
Awarded to Blueprint Design and Engineering Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This notice supersedes previous VTN reference 2021/S 000-017289. HHS devices are systems designed to be held and operated by an individual diver. They should be able to provide navigational information and indicate the geospatial positions of underwater objects of interests to facilitate the divers safely and efficiently in carrying out their operations.

CPV: Sonars

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The supply of Hand Held Sonars
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
  • Single Source: N/A

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
27 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update
27 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017884
Classification (CPV)
Sonars
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cd4a Find a Tender
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 Underwater Electronic Warfare (UEW) Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), intends to award a contract to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited for the provision of handheld sonar devices £4M value estimate. It is considered that this contract can be awarded to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is because the handheld sonars to be acquired from Blueprint Design Engineering Limited use software which is proprietary to the Blueprint Design Engineering Limited and which is only interoperable with other systems provided by Blueprint Design Engineering Limited. The handheld sonars are required to interact with other systems provided by Blueprint Design Engineering Limited which have previously been acquired by the Authority. Accordingly, the contract can only be awarded to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited for technical reasons.

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 27 Jul 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Blueprint Design and Engineering LimitedSubcontracting: 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 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.