Official UK procurement notice
The Repair and Calibration of General Purpose Testing & Measuring Equipment (GPTME)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Ministry of Defence (the Authority), has awarded a 3-year Framework Agreement to DM Systems Group Limited, for the Calibration & Repair of General- Purpose Testing and Measuring Equipment (GPTME) currently in service in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), as advertised under Contract Notice 2023/S 000-014611 dated 23/05/2023.
DM Systems Group limited has been awarded the following Lots:
Lot 1 - The Repair and Calibration of Amplifiers, Attenuators & Filters, Bridges & Calibrators, EMC, ESD, Probes & Radiological, Logic & Network Analysers
Lot 2 - The Calibration and Repair of Oscilloscopes, Pulse Generators & Timers, Frequency, Modulation Meters, Directional Couplers & Power, Signal Analysers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analysers & Waveform Analyser
Lot 3 - The Calibration and Repair of Insulation testers, Potentiometers, RCD & Portable Appliance testers, Clamps & Multimeters, Capacitance, Resistance Meters & Voltage Standards
Lot 4 - The Repair and Calibration of Distortion meters, Measuring Receiver, Radio Test Sets & Antenna
Lot 7 - The Repair and Calibration of Dimensional, Force & hardness, Torque and Pressure Items
Lot 8 - The Repair and Calibration of Acoustics, Synchro Test Set, Humidity & Temperature and Tachometer Items
The Authority reserves the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award.
Please note, this notice announces a Contract Award for the purposes of transparency only and is not a request for expressions of interest.
Please note, Babcock Land Defence Limited is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, in the first instance interested parties may contact Babcock with queries relating to this procurement.
CPV: Calibration services · Maintenance and repair services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 5 bids received (5.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- … – … (3 yrs)
- Framework value
- £10,429,550
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · all with a published valueLot #1The Repair and Calibration of Amplifiers, Attenuators & Filters, Bridges & Calibrators, EMC, ESD, Probes & Radiological, Logic & Network AnalysersPublished value£1,146,400
The Repair and Calibration of Amplifiers, Attenuators & Filters, Bridges & Calibrators, EMC, ESD, Probes & Radiological, Logic & Network Analysers. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Amplifiers, Attenuators & Filters (49 items)
5996015111122
6625997791580
5996014926274
5985011908134
5985014718343
5985992842902
5985012840006
NIVDEC/0580
Bridges & Calibrators (78 items)
6625993708292
6625995737940
EMC, ESD, Probes &Radiological (125 items)
6625123512810
6625151784300
6625992132857
Logic & Network Analysers (161 items)
6625992608201
6625999085747
6625990220103
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT.
Lot #2The Calibration and Repair of Oscilloscopes, Pulse Generators & Timers, Frequency, Modulation Meters, Directional Couplers & Power, Signal Analysers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analysers & Waveform AnalysersPublished value£1,570,800
The Calibration and Repair of Oscilloscopes, Pulse Generators & Timers, Frequency, Modulation Meters, Directional Couplers & Power, Signal Analysers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analysers & Waveform Analysers. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Oscilloscopes, Pulse Generators & Timers (71 items)
6625993540651
6625997086692
6625992257724
Frequency, Modulation Meters, Directional Couplers & Power (271)
6625991665497
6625997864628
6625993376164
6625995100601
Signal Analysers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analysers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analysers & Waveform Analysers (217)
6625991100875
6625993032142
6625991803636
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT.
Lot #3The Calibration and Repair of Insulation testers, Potentiometers, RCD & Portable Appliance testers, Clamps & Multimeters, Capacitance, Resistance Meters & Voltage StandardsPublished value£1,355,300
The Calibration and Repair of Insulation testers, Potentiometers, RCD & Portable Appliance testers, Clamps & Multimeters, Capacitance, Resistance Meters & Voltage Standards. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Insulation testers, Potentiometers, RCD & Portable Appliance Testers (85 items)
6625997803623
6625999583620
6625991636019
6150993784707
Clamps & Multimeters (208)
6625993443879
6625997971999
6625991510786
Capacitance, Resistance Meters & Voltage Standards (87 items)
5985999444320
5905994629094
6625991558692
6625991057213
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT.
Lot #4The Repair and Calibration of Distortion meters, Measuring Receiver, Radio Test Sets & AntennaPublished value£1,618,800
The Repair and Calibration of Distortion meters, Measuring Receiver, Radio Test Sets & Antenna. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Distortion Meters, Measuring Receiver, Radio test Set & Antenna (243)
5935996496668
6625014406313
6625994103797
6625996639008
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT.
Lot #5The Calibration and Repair of Fibre Optics and Optical itemsPublished value£782,700
The Calibration and Repair of Fibre Optics and Optical items. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Fibre Optics (140)
6625992775742
6625993928571
6625992872260
6625995513257
Optical (102)
4920996280736
6635998000464
6650992128573
6695991396694
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT. Additional information: .
Lot #6The Repair and Calibration of Accelerometery, Chemical, Flow and Ultrasonic ItemsPublished value£886,150
The Repair and Calibration of Accelerometery, Chemical, Flow and Ultrasonic Items. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Accelerometery (93 Items)
4920991079584
4920991191576
4920992220074
4920991191576
Chemical (67 items)
1680995986300
6665996133897
6665996675938
Flow (43 items)
1660992248343
6685997492719
6685997492720
1660991106743
Ultrasonics (5)
6635998637648
6635992536705
6665997667754
NIVDEC/0772
6680993974405
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT.
Lot #7the Repair and Calibration of Dimensional, Force & hardness, Torque and Pressure ItemsPublished value£1,267,900
the Repair and Calibration of Dimensional, Force & hardness, Torque and Pressure Items. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Dimensional (190 items)
6635997164855
5220995731567
5210991370569
5210991309172
Force & Hardness (59 items)
4910992017528
6635001878845
6635991272326
6635995711724
6635998311831
Torque (96 items)
5120123623258
5120123622890
6620145405079
5120123623163
5120123623255
Pressure (200 items)
6695996600110
6635996487537
6695999252973
5995998941353
6695991549857
6625995817028
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT.
Lot #8the Repair and Calibration of Acoustics, Synchro Test Set, Humidity & Temperature and Tachometer ItemsPublished value£900,000
the Repair and Calibration of Acoustics, Synchro Test Set, Humidity & Temperature and Tachometer Items. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Acoustics (67 items)
6625997308267
6625999250671
5995991604568
5935994029575
5835995413950
6625993506713
6625992710527
Synchro test Set (13 items)
6625992509483
5995998050333
5995998050334
6625992507355
5995992537293
5995998050345
6625992237677
6625014194874
6625997879024
6625997968235
6625991924109
6625011030801
6625994095074
Humidity & Temperature (103 items)
6685991826105
5963994029426
6685991826105
6685015880672
4920014786322
6685999874946
Tachometer (8 items)
4920997149419
6680996659089
6680998704551
6680999447883
NIVDEC/0378
NIV
2990995731453
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT.
Lot #9The repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) ItemsPublished value£901,500
The repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items. Quantity or scope: Representative samples of the NSN's contained within this lot are:
Mass (96 Items)
6625993405150
6670015021942
6670995532913
6670995751017
6670998679652
6670992694381
6670992441191
Mass (On Site Calibration) (348 Items)
6670997673813
6670991381204
6670991381204
6670995492071
6685997214674
These are sample NSN's only, more detailed lists will be shared in the ITT phase of this tender.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award and make amendments to the NSN list prior to ITT.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Capability: 55%
- Commercial: 35%
- Social Values: 10%
- Suitability
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
- Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
- Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
- Responding to the PQQ
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any further…
- Suitability
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
- Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
- Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
- Responding to the PQQ
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any further…
- Economic & financial standing
As per the associated Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
Minimum: As per the associated Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) - Economic & financial standing
As per the associated Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
Minimum: As per the associated Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “The Repair and Calibration of General Purpose Testing & Measuring…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 May 2023, 11:39 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Aug 2024, 13:55 BST
- Authority reference
IRM21/7574- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-026851- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ce92Find a Tender
Publisher note: Please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 5 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Jun 2023 → 22 Aug 2024 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published22 Aug 2024, 13:55 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated22 Aug 2024, 13:55 BST
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 Repair and Calibration of Amplifiers, Attenuators & Filters, Bridges & Calibrators, EMC, ESD, Probes & Radiological, Logic & Network Analysers The Calibration and Repair of Oscilloscopes, Pulse Generators & Timers, Frequency, Modulation Meters, Directional Couplers & Power, Signal Analysers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analysers & Waveform Analyser The Calibration and Repair of Insulation testers, Potentiometers, RCD & Portable Appliance testers, Clamps & Multimeters, Capacitance, Resistance Meters & Voltage Standards The Repair and Calibration of Distortion meters, Measuring Receiver, Radio Test Sets & Antenna The Repair and Calibration of Dimensional, Force & hardness, Torque and Pressure Items (Lot 7) - The Repair and Calibration of Acoustics, Synchro Test Set, Humidity & Temperature and Tachometer Items (Lot 8)
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2024
- Value
- £8,678,120
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 2 3 4 7 | 5bids · 5 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Babcock Land Defence LimitedReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- DM Systems Group LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.