Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Defence Equipment and Support
Cedar 1b #3157, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067939507
E-mail: geoffrey.roberts116@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG21
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://des.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
Active Conductor Licences
Reference number: 701027380
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212218
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Purchase of active conductor licences – to be used by Babcock International Group to connect to the MOD systems only.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
52 920.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG21
Main site or place of performance:
Telford and Wrekin.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
320 x active conductor licences – to be used by Babcock International Group to connect to the MOD systems only.
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
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
The NDL Server emulator, is hosted by Boeing Defence, and managed under contract ref LOGNEC1/0001. It is a Gateway from either the RLI or MODNET into the SS3 server in Corsham so that users can access data/systems, etc. The only way in which any individual (industry and MOD) can access the server (via the NDL Server emulator) is with a current NDL Metaskype Active Conductor Licence. Due to the remote access (RLI) by Babcock (the Authority’s agent), individual Active Conductor user licences for the period 20 September 2020 – 19 September 2021 are required by Babcock personnel at 10 x different locations in order for those personnel to carry out the Inventory, Repair and Management (IR&M) function in support of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) as contracted within the Service Provision and Transformation Contract (SPTC) on Stores System 3 (SS3). The identified supplier, NDL, are the only source of the NDL TE products which are required in order to access SS3 by Babcock Land Defence Limited. Any and all access to SS3 requires an NDL Active Conductor license, and NDL do not have any resellers nor distributors able to offer this product. Installation of any alternative product would require substantial re-design and implementation work by BDUK and T&I by MODNET, which would represent an unfeasible level of additional technical risk. As they are the sole provider of these licences, NDL is the only supplier capable of meeting this requirement. The total cost of this of the licenses is GBP 52 920 (ex-VAT). As NDL are the only provider able to provide the individual active conductor user licences, the authority intends to place enter into a negotiated procedure without prior publication with NDL for technical reasons.
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: 701027380
Title: Active Conductor Licences
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/09/2020
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
NDL Software Ltd
Parkhill Business Centre, Walton Road
Wetherby
LS22 5DZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1937543500
E-mail: info@ndl.co.uk
NUTS: UKE4
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 52 920.00
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-2021331-DCB-18014360
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Service Management Function
Cedar 1b #3157, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067939507
E-mail: geoffrey.roberts116@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Service Management Function
Cedar 1b #3157, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067939507
E-mail: geoffrey.roberts116@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Service Management Fucntion
Cedar 1b #3157, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067939507
E-mail: geoffrey.roberts116@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/03/2021