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Published 7 May 2021, 11:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Probabilistic Risk Assessment Model Laser Safety Support

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Awarded value£1,675,177published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 7 May 2021
Awarded to Leonardo MW Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The contractor is required to develop new, and improve existing, laser safety models - including the laser Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) tool - to support UK laser safety tools and the UK/US MOU Project arrangement programme. The contractor is further required to support the Military Laser Safety Team (MLST) as Subject Matter Experts (SME's) on laser Safety PRA at technical meetings in the UK and US.

CPV: Research and Development services on security and defence materials

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Develop a suite of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Validation and Verification models…

Develop a suite of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Validation and Verification models necessary to use and develop the MATILDA software tool and additional Stray Laser Energy (SLE) module.

Leonardo have access to the all previous iterations of the MATILDA tool and are the only contractor with the technical knowledge and experience necessary to modify the MATILDA programme. It is also not possible for a contractor other than Leonardo to develop the SLE Tool as the SLE Tool is a module which can only operate within the overarching MATILDA Tool.

Delivery: South West

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
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
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
7 May 2021, 11:15 BST
Last source update
7 May 2021, 11:15 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-009940
Classification (CPV)
Research and Development services on security and defence materials
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ae45 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

It is considered that the Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The Contract can only be placed with Leonardo UK Ltd as they are the only company that has the knowledge and Validation and Verification models necessary to use and develop the MATILDA software tool and additional Stray Laser Energy module.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,675,1771 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 7 May 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Leonardo MW Ltd£1,675,177 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 009940-2021-DOSG/ENG/0066-1 · Leonardo MW Ltd

    Signed
    7 May 2021
    Value
    £1,675,177
    Status
    active

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, South WestContact name, email, phone

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.