Official UK procurement notice
Procurement and In Service Support lightweight x-ray capability
Authority: Soldier Training and Special Projects, Defence Equipment and Support·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Special Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search, Exploitation & Countermeasures (SEEC) Delivery Team, as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MOD”), has awarded a contract to Kirintec Limited for the In-Service Support and procurement of a lightweight x-ray capability. This contract will run for 5 years plus 2 option years at a value of £331,415.95 This value is inclusive of an initial procurement of 3 systems with the option to purchase 1 additional system per year over the duration of the contract. The Contract also includes provision of in-service support. This support is inclusive of return and repair of the systems within the fleet.
CPV: Purchase · X-ray devices
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Special Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search, Exploitation & Countermeasures…
The Special Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search, Exploitation & Countermeasures (SEEC) Delivery Team, as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MOD”), intends to award a contract to Kirintec Limited for the In-Service Support and procurement of a lightweight x-ray capability. This contract will run for 5 years plus 2 option years at a value of £633,474.64. This value is inclusive of an initial procurement of 3 systems with the option to purchase 1 additional system per year over the duration of the contract. The Contract also includes provision of in-service support. This support is inclusive of return and repair of the systems within the fleet.
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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 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
- “Procurement and In Service Support lightweight x-ray capability” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Dec 2022, 11:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Feb 2023, 15:34 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004681- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038da9Find 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
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). 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 this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a) (ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011, technical reasons.
The lightweight x-ray system has been in-service with the UK Armed Forces since 2016. The Contractor - Kirintec Limited, is the sole UK distributor of the lightweight x-ray system, inclusive of parts and spares. The lightweight x-ray system, inclusive of parts and spares, is not available from any other contractor in the UK.
As sole UK distributor for lightweight x-ray, the contractor has specific technical knowledge and know-how on the operation and maintenance of the system to enable support to the equipment. Contracting with a third party to support the lightweight x-ray system would introduce an unacceptable technical and safety risk due to them not having access to the required system-specific technical knowledge, information, and parts.
Procuring alternative equipment for the UK Armed Forces to operate in parallel with lightweight x-ray would result in an unacceptable interoperability risk. The UK Armed Forces are trained in the operation of lightweight x-ray and operating two systems into service would introduce an additional training requirement and would result in an unacceptable risk to safety.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated15 Feb 2023, 15:34 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 004681-2023-705520451-1
- Signed
- 30 Jan 2023
- Value
- £2,319,912
- Status
- active
Lightweight x-ray capability
- Signed
- 15 Dec 2022
- Value
- £633,475
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Specialist EOD&S, Exploitation and Countermeasures TeamContracting authorityReview bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Georgia RadleyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- KIRINTEC LTDFramework contractor
- Kirintec LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.