Official UK procurement notice
Bespoke soil sampling equipment for England Ecosystem Survey
Authority: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of bespoke soil sampling equipment that were jointly developed by Natural England, Van Walt (supplier in England) and AMS (manufacturer in the USA). The equipment is required for England Ecosystem Survey soil sampling and assessment surveys.
CPV: Research and development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Single Tender ActionAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Aug 2024, 15:10 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Aug 2024, 15:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-026879- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049315Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Single Tender Action with Van Walt UK under the Public Contract Regulations 2015: Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) – the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public words contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases: - (b) where the works, suppliers or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: - (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.<br/><br/>Van Walt are the sole supplier of bespoke equipment produced by AMS (a US company). There is no option to source alternative equipment that could maintain consistency with scientific protocols and methodologies undertaken to date. <br/><br/>). The equipment was used in year 1 of the survey. 24 sets of equipment were purchased previously with the value exceeding £200k. They will be used together with new sets as the number of survey teams will be double compared to 2023/24 survey season. <br/>This STA relates to the procurement of some additional pieces of this equipment, required to fulfil this year’s survey scope and the three future years, should funding be available. Switching to different equipment would render data collected so far incomparable with new data.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Walt Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 026879-2024-1 · Van Walt Ltd
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | £165,430 – £165,430 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review BodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Van Walt LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.