Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Magnox Ltd
2264251
Oldbury Technical Centre, Oldbury Naite,
Thornbury
BS35 1RQ
UK
Contact person: Fiona Pearse
Telephone: +44 7920070701
E-mail: Fiona.pearse@magnoxsites.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/shared-services-alliance-ssa-for-nuclear-decommissioning-estate
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Nuclear Decommissioning
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Crane modifications to handle 3m³ boxes
Reference number: 071221FLP
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71323200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Software and hardware modifications to existing package crane.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71323200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Hinkley Point A
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
To facilitate the move from 6m3 to 3m3 boxes, undertake software and hardware modifications to existing package crane, including design activities.
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 modifications are being undertaken on an existing crane, who's intellectual property rights are held by the proposed Contractor, Konecranes Demag UK Ltd.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-030964
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Crane modifications to handle 3m³ boxes
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/02/2022
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
Konecranes Demag UK Ltd
Konecranes Demag UK Ltd
Unit 1 Charter Point, Coalfield Way,
Ashby de la Zouch
LE65 1NF
UK
NUTS: 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:
Lowest offer:
500 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
A sole source procurement action has been undertaken to engage with Konecranes Demag, as Intellectual Property Rights for this crane reside with them.
This award falls within the safe harbour of Regulation 32 (2)(b)(iii) of PCR 2015, in so far as the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-
(b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-
(iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, but only, in the case of paragraphs
(ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not a result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of procurement.
Date of Contract Award followed VEAT notice period ( ending 23/12/21) and after the Christmas holiday period.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
London
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.justice.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
London
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.justice.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Magnox Ltd
Oldbury Technical Centre, Oldbury Naite,
Thornbury, Gloucestershire,
BS35 1RQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/03/2022