Official UK procurement notice
The Supply of Hearing Protection
Authority: LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTeam Leidos are proud to be delivering the logistics commodities and services transformation (LCS(T)) Delivery partner contracts (LCS (T)/0001 dated 16.4.2015) on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (the ‘Prime Contract’). Delivery of other parts of the LCS(T) contract are delivered by Leidos Europe Ltd (LEL) and other partners (together ‘Team Leidos’). This requirement is subject to the Public Procurement Regulations and respective advertising action.
CPV: Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories · Protective and safety clothing · Protective gear · Protective headgear · Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1In April 2015 the MOD signed a thirteen year contract with Leidos Europe Ltd to…Awarded
In April 2015 the MOD signed a thirteen year contract with Leidos Europe Ltd to provide the procurement and inventory management of commodity items (as well as the storage and distribution services) historically provided in-house by the Logistic Commodities and Services Operating Centre. Leidos, working with the MOD, will transform the way these services are delivered to ensure requirements continue to be met whilst providing best value for money for the department. The organisation delivering these services is known as Team Leidos.Team Leidos would like to make interested suppliers aware that it has awarded tenders for its supply and delivery of Hearing Protection.
The Defence Clothing Team, which forms part of Leidos Supply Ltd has awarded the tender for the requirement of the supply of Hearing Protection on behalf of the UK MOD, consisting of 1 Lot. The estimated value for this framework is £1.3M over the 3 year period. This framework was awarded to 3M (UK) Ltd.
The contract length is 3 Years with no option years.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- 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
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Mar 2023, 13:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Mar 2023, 13:47 GMT
- Authority reference
LSL/DC/0159- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-006172- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ada2Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Leidos Supply Ltd awarded a framework under Regulation 32(2)(B) (ii) and (iii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, which allows for the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication "where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reason:
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons
(iii)the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.'
3M (UK) Ltd is the only manufacturer that are able to meet the specification of the range of products required for the Hearing Protection requirement. We require the earplugs not to be made from polyurethane (PU) and the hearing protectors to meet the attenuation level of H=39.
Publisher note: Please note this is a Contract Award Notice, this contract has now been awarded. The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
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 Supply of Hearing Protection
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2022
- Value
- £1,300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK has no body responsible for appeals or mediation procedures.Mediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- 3M (UK) LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.