Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
#4115, Fir 1b, ABW
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Contact person: Hannah Hawkins
Telephone: +44 3067988111
E-mail: DESWpnsDGM-ComrlMultiuser@mod.uk
NUTS: UKK11
Internet address(es)
Main address: 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
Supply of 5,56 mm Reduced Ricochet Light Penetration (RRLP)
Reference number: DGM/1920
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Defence General Munitions Team, part of UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to place a Contract DGM/1920 for supply of 5,56 mm Reduced Ricochet Light Penetration (RRLP) provided by Edgar Brothers.
The duration of the contract will be for a 1 year buy, with 2 years of options for additional supply.
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the non-competitive negotiated procedure 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). This is for technical reasons.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 556 339.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
35300000
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
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the non-competitive negotiated procedure 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). This is for technical reasons.
The RRLP solution provided by Edgar Brothers is the current in-service capability used by the UK MoD. It is the only Safe and Suitable for Service (S3) qualified solution for use in training and on operations that meets the user requirement.
Please see Annex D for full justification of procurement.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The duration of the contract will be for a 1 year buy, with 2 years of options for additional supply.
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 RRLP solution provided by Edgar Brothers is the current in-service capability used by the UK MoD. It is the only Safe and Suitable for Service (S3) qualified solution for use in training and on operations that meets the user requirement. The UK MoD must ensure ammunition brought into service is Safe and suitable for service, this involves extensive testing and/or review of submitted evidence from potential manufacturers which demonstrates the performance and safety of the ammunition to meet the requirement. S3 testing can take 12-24 months to complete. If any ammunition other than Edgar Brothers provided solution was procured, it would need to meet the user requirement and be subject to qualification. This would result in the user being unable to utilise the new munition on training or operations until qualification was complete, resulting in a capability gap as the current stockpile would have expended.
Given the high probability of a capability gap due to an expended stockpile, it is considered that the technical and safety risk to the user of a replacement in the interim is too great. For strict technical impracticability, there are no other suppliers that can meet the MoD’s ammunition requirement in the interim.
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: DGM/1920
Title: Supply of 5,56 mm Reduced Ricochet Light Penetration (RRLP)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
03/12/2018
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
Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Ltd
Unit 3 Heather Close, Lyme Green Business Park, Cheshire
Macclesfield
SK11 0LR
UK
Telephone: +44 1625430330
NUTS: UKD6
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
: 2 556 339.00
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-2019123-DCB-13931402
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067988111
E-mail: DESWpnsDGM-ComrclMultiuser@mod.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/01/2019