Official UK procurement notice
The Calibration, Repair and Maintenance of Roller Brake Testers (RBT), Wheel Play Detectors (WPD) and Headlamp Beam Testers (HBT)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBabcock Land Defence Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to place a 4 year with 3x1 option years, single source contract with VL Test Systems Ltd for the calibration, repair and maintenance of Roller Brake Testers (RBT), Wheel Play Detectors (WPD) and Headlamp Beam Testers (HBT) with VL Test Systems Ltd
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of testing apparatus
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to place a 4 year, single source contract…
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to place a 4 year, single source contract with VL Test Systems Ltd for the calibration, repair and maintenance of Roller Brake Testers (RBT), Wheel Play Detectors (WPD) and Headlamp Beam Testers (HBT) with VL Test Systems Ltd. In addition, there will be provision for three (3) one-year options. Additional information: This notice is not a request for expressions of interest, so please do not apply to be
invited to tender. This notice advises that the UK MOD is to place a single source
qualifying Defence contract with the named supplier.
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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).
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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).
- Lowest price
- “The Calibration, Repair and Maintenance of Roller Brake Testers (RBT),…” 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
- 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Feb 2023, 11:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Feb 2023, 11:34 GMT
- Authority reference
IRM21/7583 - VTN- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004741- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a619Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
In accordance with regulation 4 of Defence and Security Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI No. 2019/697, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCR 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. The contract has an estimated value of £15,405,000, over a maximum duration of seven years.
It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 because competition is absent for technical reasons. This is because the Contractor alone holds data in relation to the specifications of the equipment and baseline test procedures for the output specification of the equipment and MOD does not have sufficient rights in the data to provide to a third party. In addition, VLT Test hold exclusive rights over the DTP code software used in the programming of the equipment. The DTP codes and associated software are critical to the calibration and configuration of the test equipment. The equipment covered under this contract is considered safety critical test equipment, and access to DTP codes and relevant technical repair and output specifications is required. Without access or rights to the relevant DTP codes, or the relevant technical documentation, MOD is unable to compete this requirement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
The Calibration, Repair and Maintenance of Roller Brake Testers (RBT), Wheel Play Detectors (WPD) and Headlamp Beam Testers (HBT)
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2023
- Value
- £15,405,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Babcock Land Defence LtdReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- VL Test Systems LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.