596,000 · UK public procurement notice

CPV: Forklift trucks

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)

Procurement category

Goods

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

5 Dec 2023, 15:11 GMT

Last source update

5 Dec 2023, 15:11 GMT

FTS notice number

2023/S 000-035817

Classification (CPV)

Forklift trucks

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-0421d9 Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the directive

Published justification

Voluntary Transparency Notice for Forklift Truck 4763KG Finning Dan

The Air Commodities Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”) intends to extend the contract with Briggs Equipment UK Ltd, on a Single Source Basis for the In-Service Support of Finning Dan Forklift Trucks for 36 months with a 12-month option period.

It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) and Regulation 72(1)(b) under the Public Contract Regulations (2015) due to technical reasons.

This is because Briggs Equipment UK Ltd. is the Design Organisation (DO), they currently manage the configuration of the equipment as an approved agent of the Original Equipment Manufacturer. They provide the Authority with a direct interface to manage safety and configuration control and it is technically impractical for an alternative contractor to meet this requirement. The reasons for this are as follows:

A. It is imperative to maintain the configuration control, for the vehicles as the loss of configuration control could result in differing variants within the fleet. This may lead to Human Factor issues thereby increasing risk to life, injury to personnel, and/or damage to an air platform.

B. As the DO have a dedicated resource with specialists’ skills which supports expediency when safety issues arise. Expedient resolution of safety issues is necessary to ensure the continued safe use of the equipment and maintain air loading capability.

C. The use of DO authorised parts will also ensure the essential maintenance of the equipment’s safety case; a document provided by ACDT as the Engineering Authority to the end user and Operation Duty Holders ensuring that the equipment is safe for use.

A Single Source solution is the only means of maintaining the integrity of the equipment through to its natural Out of Service Date.

• Briggs Equipment UK LtdAwarded supplier Cannock, UK, WS11 8XW

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