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Published 4 Apr 2023, 09:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SSSL Purchase of Assets · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Lightning Delivery Team

GoodsNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Awarded value£6,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 4 Apr 2023
Awarded to Sealand Support Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of automated test equipment and associated power supply units.

CPV: Electronic and electrical spare parts for military aerospace equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery: South West

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Apr 2023, 09:50 BST
Last source update
4 Apr 2023, 09:50 BST
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009745
Classification (CPV)
Electronic and electrical spare parts for military aerospace equipment
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03bc49 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; Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms from a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities

Published justification

The Lightning II Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a Qualifying Defence Contract to Sealand Support Services Ltd for the purchase of its production assets i.e. automated test equipment and associated power supply units. The contract value is £6M (VAT ex). It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(b)(iii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 to take advantage of particularly advantageous terms for the purchase of goods in a sale brought about by a decision by the supplier on 30th November 2022 to cease trading post the conclusion of the sale of its assets, which is currently forecast to conclude by 30th April 2023.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £6,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Apr 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Sealand Support Services LimitedSubcontracting: declared£6,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lightning Delivery Team

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence MOD Abbey Wood, NH1, Yew 1c, #1027, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact 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.