Official UK procurement notice
Not Applicable · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDigital Archiving Services
CPV: Data storage services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The core service is the concentration, preparation and archival of those MOD digital…
The core service is the concentration, preparation and archival of those MOD digital records for the purpose of case managed discovery, research and review.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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
- 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
- 14 Sept 2022, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2022, 16:06 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025834- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036880Find 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
The Defence Digital Professional Services Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to place a services contract with Epany Archives Limited (its’ current provider) from 1st October 2022 for a period of four years, to fully manage MOD’s Digital Archive Service at a cost of circa £3.66M (ex-VAT) for the four year period from 1st October 2022 to 30th September 2026.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Technical aspects (PCR 2015 9b) supported by the Repetition of Works (PCR 2015 9f) and Additional Works (PCR 2015 9g). Further, Epany Archives Limited own the specialist bespoke software.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPANY ARCHIVES LTDSMESubcontracting: declared | £3,650,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025834-2022-1 · EPANY ARCHIVES LTDSME
- Signed
- 14 Sept 2022
- Value
- £3,650,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- DD Commercial MOD CorshamReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- EPANY ARCHIVES LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.