Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Army Commercial, D Res, Zone 8 (IDL 437), 2nd Floor, Ramillies Building, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
Andover
SP11 8HJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1264383418
E-mail: james.racheter100@mod.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1264381218
NUTS: UKJ37
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
Provision of Virtual Reality In-Land Training Pilot (Phase 3)
Reference number: ArmyHQ2/00435 (700009480)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Army intends to conduct Phase 3 of the Virtual Reality In-Land Training Pilot to exploit the findings of Phases 1 and 2. Phase 3 will focus on developing the innovations demonstrated during Phases 1 and 2 and exploiting virtual reality capability. Please see Annex A to Schedule 2 of SC2 (Statement of requirement).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 083 333.33
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ37
Main site or place of performance:
North Hampshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Army intends to conduct Phase 3 of the Virtual Reality In-Land Training Pilot to exploit the findings of Phases 1 and 2. Phase 3 will focus on developing the innovations demonstrated during Phases 1 and 2 and exploiting virtual reality capability. Please see Annex A to Schedule 2 of SC2 (statement of requirement).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Without prejudice to any other condition of the contract at the end of the duration of the contract the authority shall have the option to extend the contract for up to a further 1 year period or part thereof. The option to extend the contract will be exercised by no later than 3 weeks before contract expiry. After the expiry of the below period, no new options relating to this contract will be issued.
The option periods available are as follows:
Option Period 1: 31.7.2021 to 30.7.2022
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
Open procedure
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: ArmyHQ2/00435 (700009480)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/12/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Newman and Spurr Consultancy Ltd
River View, 2 Meadows Park
Camberley
GU17 9AB
UK
Telephone: +44 1276678867
E-mail: vrlt2@nsc.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ25
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.nsc.co.uk
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:
: 3 050 620.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Innovation Technologies and Remote Observation Package (ROP).
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-20191210-DCB-15673728
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Army Commercial, D Res, Zone 8 (IDL 437), 2nd Floor, Ramillies Building, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
Andover
SP11 8HJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1264383418
E-mail: james.racheter100@mod.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1264381218
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.contracts.mod.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Army Commercial, D Res, Zone 8 (IDL 437), 2nd Floor, Ramillies Building, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
Andover
SP11 8HJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1264383418
E-mail: james.racheter100@mod.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1264381218
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.contracts.mod.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Army Commercial, D Res, Zone 8 (IDL 437), 2nd Floor, Ramillies Building, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
Andover
SP11 8HJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1264383418
E-mail: james.racheter100@mod.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1264381218
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.contracts.mod.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/12/2019