Official UK procurement notice
Specialist and Autonomous Mobility Experimentation Framework Agreement (SAM EFA)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority’s Specialist and Autonomous Mobility (SAM) intends to set-up a ‘SAM Experimentation Framework Agreement (EFA)’ to provide the following:
a. The purchase of small numbers of items (10 or less per item) to use for ‘Experimentation’ purposes (for example to trial to prove concepts and what items can best provide for them);
b. Purchase of follow-up orders of some or all of these items when the Experimentation has identified item(s) suitable for follow-on purchases to use as ‘Interim Solutions’ or for further ‘Experimentation’, whilst any possible ‘Core Requirement’ identified via the ‘Experimentation’ is procured outside of the SAM EFA; and
c. To enable the Authority to procure support to the activities associated with (a) and (b) above (for example, support to trials) that may take place either in the UK or abroad. Note: The Authority recognises that not all suppliers are able to provide such support and whilst suppliers unable to provide support are encouraged to source it via other suppliers, the Authority can be exception, source support activity via other means and you will not be excluded from having a place on the SAM EFA if you cannot provide this service.
CPV: Demolition services of vehicles · Installation services of diesel engines · Installation services of navigating equipment · Installation services of petrol engines · Installation services of testing equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Purchase and experimentation of small numbers of items (refer to description)
Purchase and experimentation of small numbers of items (refer to description). Additional information: Please refer to information attached.
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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 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).
- “Specialist and Autonomous Mobility Experimentation Framework Agreement…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Authority reference
702296450- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-002368- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030fd9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 25 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
Timeline
26 Jan 2022 → 1 Jun 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published26 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown25 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- SAM PTReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.