The provision of Unipac III Air Sea Rescue Equipment

CPV: Rescue and emergency equipment

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

10 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST

Last source update

10 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST

Authority reference

701553582

FTS notice number

2021/S 000-019391

Classification (CPV)

Rescue and emergency equipment

Delivery area

Scotland (UKM5)

Official registry OCID

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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 works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

The P8 Poseidon team, as part of the UK Ministry of Defence ("the Authority"), intends to place a contract for the initial procurement of life rafts; Qty 12 UNIPAC III (UP3) Air-Sea Rescue Equipment and Qty 2 Training Aids from Life Support International.

There are only two types of life raft cleared for carriage and operation for a P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Search and Rescue operations, the UNIPAC II and the UNIPAC III, both made by Life Support International Inc. Of the two, the UNIPAC III is the only life raft that meets the UK requirement for the number of personnel able to be contained/supported. Therefore, the only option available to the UK is the acquisition of the UNIPAC III, there is no other cleared system available that meets the UK’s requirement that can be carried and deployed from UK P-8A Poseidon MRA Mk1 aircraft.

Therefore, It is considered that this equipment and Training Aids can be procured using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations for technical reasons, the procurement may be awarded only to this particular economic operator.

• Life Support InternationalAwarded supplier Pennsylvania, US

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