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Published 1 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Strategic Advantage Case Study Analysis and Synthesis

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Awarded value£1,083,0152 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Mar 2022
Awarded to RAND Europe Community Interest Company2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A Strategic Advantage Case Study Analysis and Synthesis

CPV: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1A single source contract for the RAND Europe Community Interest Company to conduct…

A single source contract for the RAND Europe Community Interest Company to conduct research into Strategic Advantage and contribute to the development of the Defence Strategy. The requirement is valued below the DSPCR 2011 threshold and as it is a research and development project meets Regulation 16 (c) (i) one of the circumstances when it is acceptable to conduct single source procurement.

Delivery: London

What it takes to win
i

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
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Single Source: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Single Source: 100

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
Services
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
1 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
4 Apr 2022, 15:25 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008998
Classification (CPV)
Defence services, military defence services and civil defence servicesResearch services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031c9d 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 contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to

Published justification

The value of the requirement is below the DSPCR threshold as detailed in Regulation 9 – Thresholds.

This is a research and development requirement as defined in DSPCR Regulation 3 - Interpretation.

As a research and development requirement it meets one of the circumstances when it is acceptable to use the non-competitive negotiated procedure as detailed in DSPCR Regulation 16 (c) (i).

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Buyer details updated
    4 Apr 2022, 15:25 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,083,0152 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 31 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
RAND Europe Community Interest CompanyStrategic Advantage Case Study Analysis & SynthesisSubcontracting: declared£154,717 †—Awarded
RAND Europe Community Interest Company£928,298 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence HO Commercial, G18, Innsworth House, Imjin Barracks, Innsworth, Gloucester, GL3 1HWContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • HO CommercialReview body GloucesterContact email
  • Head Office CommercialReview body Gloucester

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments