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Published 28 Aug 2024, 09:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

712577451 CCCT/835 IMechE Central Payment Scheme

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Awarded value£475,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Aug 2024
Awarded to Institute of Mechanical Engineers

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) membership for DE&S Central Payment Scheme

CPV: Administrative educational services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for…

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence intends to enter into a three (3) year contract with the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) for the delivery of a Central Payment Scheme (CPS) for the provision of IMechE membership for DE&S employees.

Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • 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
Services
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
28 Aug 2024, 09:30 BST
Last source update
28 Aug 2024, 09:30 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-027375
Classification (CPV)
Administrative educational services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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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

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence intends to enter into a three (3) year contract with the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) with a value of for the delivery of a Central Payment Scheme (CPS) for the provision of IMechE membership for DE&S employees.

In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate.

It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015 because competition is absent for technical reasons based on the following justification:

IMechE is the only professional body covering the engineering discipline/industry sector of engineering and technology and there is no other institute authorised by the Engineering Council for this specific discipline. Therefore, only IMechE can provide for the delivery of the Central Payment Scheme for the IMechE membership required.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £475,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Aug 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Institute of Mechanical EngineersIMechE Central Payment SchemeSubcontracting: declared£475,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Bristol, UK, BS34 8JHContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • DE&SReview body Bristol

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.