UKRI-2862 Installation of Fibre to provide Resilient Connectivity to Underground Areas

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£189,968published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Feb 2023no call for competition

Awarded to AMCo-Giffen

What is being bought

Published requirement description

STFC Boulby lab operates at Boulby mine – a working Polyhalite and Salt Mine run by ICL-UK in the North East of England. This optical fibre installation work will install a secondary cable in the main mine shaft and two further cables underground, one attached to the roof of the mine tunnel between the existing laboratory and the new site and the second in a channel in the floor of the mine tunnel between the two locations. This will provide a diverse network with built in redundancy should one cable be damaged.

CPV: Fibre-optic connections

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1This project will provide a network connection to a new area of the mine which will…Awarded

This project will provide a network connection to a new area of the mine which will allow an increase in experimental opportunity for the laboratory. The project will also include the installation of a replacement fibre down the 1.1km main access shaft at Boulby. This requires the installing contractors to be trained to a level acceptable to ICL-UK to be able to work safely within the shaft. Additional information: The term and conditions relating to this purchase are provided in the Contract, which matches the Contract number cited in the narrative to this Purchase Order and are specific to this Contract. Where the Contract number is not so cited, then our standard terms and conditions will apply which are available at :- www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Doc… ↗

Delivery: UK · UNITED KINGDOM

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: 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: 7 Feb 2023, 12:05 GMT
Last source update: 7 Feb 2023, 12:05 GMT
Authority reference: UKRI-2862
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-003700
Classification (CPV): Fibre-optic connections
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03a373 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, as competition is absent for technical reasons. This particular supplier is the only one who is able to meet all the technical, safety and equipment requirements specified to deliver the contract.

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=757753957" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=757753957</a> GO Reference: GO-202327-PRO-22069638

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £189,9681 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Feb 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
AMCo-GiffenSME	£189,968 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 003700-2023-1 · AMCo-GiffenSME
Signed
1 Feb 2023
Value
£189,968
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch https://www.ukri.org/, North Star Avenue, Swindon, UK, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

UK Research and InnovationReview body SwindonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

AMCo-GiffenAwarded supplier06547087 Whaley Road, Barnsley, UK, S75 1HTContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.