Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Portsmouth
UK
E-mail: Dean.Cordwell102@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ministry-of-defence-commercial-commercial-x
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
Project Trilobite - Underwater Positioning Trials
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35512400
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Procurement of an upgrade to existing Teledyne autonomous underwater vehicles for the purposes of R&D trials to support Royal Navy’s concepts for future operational capabilities.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
429 003.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73410000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Royal Navy needs to upgrade an existing Teledyne autonomous underwater vehicles for the purposes of R&D trials to support Royal Navy’s concepts for future operational capabilities.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
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
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice
Justification for selected award procedure:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice
Explanation:
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011, as amended. The Authority requires the upgrade to upgrade an existing Teledyne autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for trial purposes. This particular asset is required for the trial as it allows interoperability with existing systems on other sizes and classes of vessels. Teledyne is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the existing AUV and has unique technical know-how required for the upgrade. In these circumstances the Authority considers that competition is absent for technical reasons.The goods and services procured under this contract are solely for the purposes of R&D to support Royal Navy’s concepts for future operational capabilities. The requirement does not include procurement at production quantity scale. Subject to contract, any future work to procure at scale shall be tendered through industry.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: 709160453
Title: Project Trilobite - Underwater Positioning Trials
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
18/09/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Teledyne Marine
Thousand Oaks
US
NUTS: US
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
429 003.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Commercial X
MOD Corsham
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/09/2023