Official UK procurement notice
5,000,000 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement description5,000,000
CPV: Subsea equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Delivery…
The Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Delivery Team (DT) have initiated a project for delivery of a Pre-Used ROV System to fill an urgent requirement in support of deep-water operations. along with a spares and in service support package for a New Core SALMO ROV Operational Team.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Lowest price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 May 2023, 15:27 BST
- Last source update
- 17 May 2023, 09:12 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013991- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c937Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO), part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract (S&MOCB/9002/707300450) to Forum Engineering Technology (UK) Ltd (‘FET’) for the Provision of a Pre-owned Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), Spares and In Service Support. The contract has an estimated value of £5M and a duration of 2 years.
It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulation (DSPCR) 2011 for technical reasons.
SALMO have determined that currently only FET can supply the ROV that fully meets all the Key User Requirements (KUR’s) which are: Depth rating and ability to upgrade to threshold; Payload Capacity; Operating System and INS – ability to dynamically position; UK Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for Support; good material condition with supporting evidence and the customers operational timescales.
The ROV was manufactured and supported by FET as OEM. After completion of a technical assessment, only FET holds all the available technical information (drawings, interfaces, test and calibration specifications/procedures, jigs and tools etc.), and has the technical expertise, knowledge and know-how necessary to assure the safety of the equipment. This information is not available to the Authority as it is owned by FET. The Authority does not have the necessary rights to this information and would be unable to provide a suitable level of details to any third party that would enable them to safely fulfil this in service support requirement without impact to the customers operational timescales.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.4) | 5,000,000 | The Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Delivery Team (DT) have initiated a project for delivery of a Pre-Used ROV System to fill an urgent requirement in support of deep-water operations. along with a spares and in service support package for a New Core SALMO ROV Operational Team. | |
| — | TextII.1.1) | 5,000,000 | S&MOCB/9002 Second-Hand ROV, In-Service Support and Spares |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LIMITEDSubcontracting: declared | £5,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 013950-2023-1 · FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LIMITED
- Signed
- 16 May 2023
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Pre-Owned ROV, In-service support and sparesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Forum Energy TechnologiesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.