Official UK procurement notice
The Supply of Microbism · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Nick Rebbeck (CBRN - MOD) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe supply of Microbism.
CPV: Nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological protection equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) team, part of the Defence…
The Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) team, part of the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to place a contract with Teledyne-Flir via Southern Scientific for the provision of MICROBISM. MICROBISM is a project strand under LC3i which aims to address the disclosing capability to characterise both the level and extent of CBR (Chemical, Biological, Radiological) hazards in order to inform hazard avoidance and incident management.
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 Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Feb 2024, 10:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Feb 2024, 10:49 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006489- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044439Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Authority considers it can award this contract on a single source basis for both Technical Reasons and rational associated with the Protection of Exclusive Rights as the current manufacturer are the only company in the world to produce the product required. It is established that Microbism is only available from one manufacturer, Teledyne-Flir and distributed in Europe solely by Southern Scientific. The Authority considers that this contract can be awarded using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, pursuant to Regulation 16 Section A of the UK Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDSMESubcontracting: declared | £384,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
The Supply of Microbism · SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 29 Feb 2024
- Value
- £384,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ministry of DefenceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Southern Scientific LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.