Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Training Ammunition for Type 31 Naval Guns
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of qualified 40mm and 57 mm practice ammunition for Bofors naval guns
CPV: Shells
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Supply of qualified 40mm and 57mm training ammunition for Bofors naval guns
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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
- 7 Nov 2022, 16:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Nov 2022, 16:37 GMT
- Authority reference
DGM/1910- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031478- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037fd4Find 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
Ship Acquisition, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), intends to amend contract DGM/1910 — Small Arms Ammunitions with NAMMO Raufoss AS, to include technical support and qualified TP (training) ammunition for the 57mm Mk3 and 40mm Mk4 naval gun systems that will be supplied with the five Type 31 General Purpose Frigates. This contract was the subject of a previous VEAT reference: OJEU Reference OJ/S S159 21/08/2018 365879-2018-EN.
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 the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for Technical Reasons.
This is because NAMMO is the supplier of the TP ammunition that is currently being qualified by the ship builder and is the only economic operator with the necessary know-how, proprietary processes, and equipment-specific tooling and test equipment to ensure that the qualified T31 TP ammunition is safe to be utilised in the Type 31 naval gun systems at ship acceptance. NAMMO also owns the IPR for both the 57mm and 40 mm TP ammunition.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAMMO Raufoss ASFramework Agreement for the Supply of Specialist AmmunitionSubcontracting: declared | £11,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Framework Agreement for the Supply of Specialist Ammunition · NAMMO Raufoss AS
- Signed
- 7 Nov 2022
- Value
- £11,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ministry of Defence, Type 31 Delivery TeamReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NAMMO Raufoss ASAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.