Official UK procurement notice
UK public contract notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDevelopment of a technical Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) Policy is a key underpinning activity to enable the UK PNT Project Office (UK PNT PO) to deliver comprehensive and assured advice and guidance across Defence. With the current roadmap indicating a move to a PNT JSP in this Financial Year (24/25), there is a need for additional subject matter expertise, given the lack of Space DT Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and availability of DSTL SMEs, to enable robust review of the policy throughout its development to ensure the broad scope of the varying directives and guidance are accurately captured, only achievable by a coherent overarching review.
CPV: Technical support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The scope of work includes, but is not limited to:
- Extensions
- Draft a DIN introducing the SAASM Extended Functions and the advice on how to benefit from these capabilities to the GPS PPS User.
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).
- Lowest price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Services
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Aug 2024, 13:54 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2024, 13:54 BST
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0489e3
- 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
Border Consulting hold valuable expertise on technical security on US military GPS applications and experience with developing policy for MOD. The policies with which the Authority requires support need to be reviewed within a short timeframe, thereby rendering it impractical to use alternative suppliers due to the added time and cost it would take for them to fully understand the scope of the requirement. more…
Contracting directly with Border Consulting demonstrates better value for money, in terms of time and cost, as personnel within Border Consulting were the author(s) of the original version of the security requirements document ‘Security Procedures and Safety Aspects for the use of GPS NAVSTAR By UK Ministry of Defence and Defence Contractors’, which is being incorporated and re-written into a new MOD Defstan this year. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(b)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border ConsultingSMESubcontracting: declared | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025427-2024-1 · Border ConsultingSME
- Signed
- 9 Aug 2024
- Value
- £48,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Space DTReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Border ConsultingAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.