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The provision of Unipac III Air Sea Rescue Equipment

Rescue and emergency equipment
Scotland (UKM5)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "The provision of Unipac III Air Sea Rescue Equipment". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Ministry of Defence. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Competition Density
3.3Bids / Report
64.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 249 active published awards; 99 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published10 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update10 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRescue and emergency equipment
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM5)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02d32e
What is being bought
The provision of Unipac III Air Sea Rescue Equipment
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    10 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    10 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The initial procurement of life rafts; Qty 12 UNIPAC III (UP3) Air-Sea Rescue Equipment and Qty 2 Training Aids from Life Support International.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    10 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 4 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST · £1,239,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Life Support International
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,239,000 · signed 4 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-FTS-5483
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  • Ministry of Defence
    buyer

    Bristol, UKK11
    deborah.fahey100@mod.gov.uk

  • DE&S - P8-A Poseidon Delivery Team
    reviewBody

    Bristol

  • Life Support International
    supplier

    Pennsylvania, US
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe 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.