Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Ash 2a #3203, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Contact person: Mark Raven
Telephone: +44 3067932647
E-mail: DESShipsComrcl-CSS-FISS-Group@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.contracts.mod.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Future In Service Support (FISS) — Provision of Classification Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50241000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This requirement is for the provision of classification, survey and design appraisal planning, services to support x13 RFA and x3 RN platforms.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK11
Main site or place of performance:
Bristol, City of.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of classification services covering survey and inspection in accordance with Lloyd's Register (LR) Rules and Regulations for classification of ships and LR Rules and regulations for classification of naval ships, ship emergency response service, conducting design appraisal and plan approval. Conduct statutory surveys on behalf of the UK Flag State and issue certification. Act as agent on behalf of DE&S Naval Authority Group in conducting surveys and issuing certification. Provide national/international classification and survey support. Assist with planning,management and implementation of maintenance periods. Maintenance periods include, but not limited to:
— refit periods,
— docking periods,
— contractor support periods,
— annual certification periods, and
— assisted maintenance periods.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
These services are to be applied to the following ships RFA Wave Knight, RFA Wave Ruler (Wave Class); RFA Fort Austin, RFA Fort Rosalie, RFA Fort Victoria (Fort Class); RFA Lyme Bay, RFA Mounts Bay, RFA Cardigan Bay (Bay Class); RFA Argus; HMS Scott (OSV); RFA Tidespring, RFA Tiderace, RFA Tidesurge, RFA Tideforce (Tide Class) and HMS Echo, HMS Enterprise (SVHO).
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
Commercially supported shipping, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) intends to proceed to award a contract for the provision of classification society services to Lloyd’s Register EMEA (“Lloyds”) using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The contract is for 5 years and the value is approximately 3-4 000 000 GBP. This is for the following reasons.
The Lloyd's Register Rules and regulations for the classification of ships and naval ships are extensive, complex and safety-critical. Only Lloyd's can provide classification services in respect of vessels that are “in-class” with Lloyd's. Changing the rule set in respect of which platforms are classified would introduce an unacceptable level of safety risk to the platform and personnel. Lloyd's Register is the only classification society, for these ships, that have delegated authority from the DE&S Naval Authority Group for issuing Naval Ship Stability Certification on their behalf.
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: CSS/0126
Title: Future In Service Support — Provision of Classification Society Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/03/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lloyds Register EMEA
2nd Floor, The Sion, Crown Glass Place, Nailsea
Bristol
BS48 1RB
UK
Telephone: +44 1275515000
E-mail: mod-office@lr.org
NUTS: UKK11
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.lr.org
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 400 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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
Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk
GO Reference: GO-2019327-DCB-14610127
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Ash 2a #3203, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067932647
E-mail: DESShipsComrcl-CSS-FISS-Group@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Ash 2a #3203, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067932647
E-mail: DESShipsComrcl-CSS-FISS-Group@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team
Ash 2a #3203, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067932647
E-mail: DESShipsComrcl-CSS-FISS-Group@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/03/2019