Specialist Forensics Ballistics Container Unit

Official notice

Authority: University of Kent (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)

Awarded value£326,200published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 Mar 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Energy Containment Concepts Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Division of Natural Sciences were successful in receiving funding through the lenders ask process for the installation of a portable building for use as a specialist forensics ballistics testing facility. The Division have been in discussions for several months regarding building options with a specialist provider of ready fitted out forensics ballistics testing facilities and were successful in receiving further funding to enable the purchase of a larger portable building rather than the originally planned converted shipping container.

CPV: Forensic room construction work · Special-purpose mobile containers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East · The University of Kent, Canterbury

45215147 Forensic room construction work

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 Mar 2023, 09:55 GMT
Last source update: 29 Mar 2023, 12:52 BST
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-009138
Classification (CPV): Forensic room construction workSpecial-purpose mobile containers
Delivery area: South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ad20 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 allow contracting authorities to proceed with the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice under a specific set of circumstances. The University has determined that two of these circumstances apply to this contract. The University considers that the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract under Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 is justified for the following reasons:
Circumstance 1 (article 32(2) (b))
"Where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons"
The University have identified Energy Containment Concepts Limited as the UK's leading supplier of Ballistics facilities and specifically purpose designed forensic ranges www.ecc-eng.com/forensic-ranges ↗ as the only suitable supplier.
Circumstance 2 (article 32 (5) (a))
"The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public supply contracts -
(a) where the products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experimentation, study or development, but contracts awarded in reliance on this sub paragraph shall not include quantity production to establish commercial viability or to recover research and development costs"
This is a specialist mobile ballistics unit that would be used to enhance teaching and research capability within the Forensic Science programme at the University of Kent.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £326,2001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 8 Mar 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Energy Containment Concepts LtdSME	£326,200 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Energy Containment Concepts LtdSME	£326,200 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Specialist Forensics Ballistics Container Unit · Energy Containment Concepts LtdSME
Signed
8 Mar 2023
Value
£326,200
Status
active
Specialist Forensics Ballistics Container Unit · Energy Containment Concepts LtdSME
Signed
7 Feb 2023
Value
£326,200
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF KENT

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: RC000656 The University of Kent, The Registry, Canterbury, South East, CT2 7NZContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body London
High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Energy Containment Concepts LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05447392 19 Peel Street, Huddersfield, UK, HD7 6BW

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.