Procurement and support of MPU5 radios

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsNegotiated without publication of a contract notice

Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32) Delivery: South West (UKK1)

Awarded value£1,100,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 7 Jan 2021

Awarded to Steatite Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement and support of 25 MPU5 radios.The Joint Electronic Surveillance Delivery Team, within the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intend to award a Contract to Steatite Limited for the delivery of an initial 25 MPU5 radios, ancillaries, spares, training, support, with options to procure additional systems ("the Contract"). The Contract has an anticipated value of £1.1M (ex VAT) and a total contract duration of 5 years, subject to option periods (3+1+1).

CPV: Portable radios

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Procurement and support of 25 MPU5 radios

Delivery: South West · Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Extensions: 1 + 1 years

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 8 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
Last source update: 8 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-000386
Classification (CPV): Portable radios
Delivery area: South West (UKK1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0288d6 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: The Joint Electronic Surveillance Delivery Team, within the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intend to award a Contract to Steatite Limited for the delivery of an initial 25 MPU5 radios, ancillaries, spares, training, support, with options to procure additional systems ("the Contract"). The Contract has an anticipated value of £1.1M (ex VAT) and a total contract duration of 5 years, subject to option periods (3+1+1).
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(3)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC and Regulation 16(1)(b)(i)(aa) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for additional goods. The radios are required in addition to existing MPU5 radios. To obtain alternative radios from an alternative supplier would oblige MOD to acquire goods with different technical characteristics. This would result in incompatibility between the existing goods and failure to provide additional equipment capable of communicating with current in-service radios. MPU5 radios are essential in enabling a networking solution with the in-service radios.

Publisher note: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-202118-DCB-17616427

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £1,100,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 2latest 7 Jan 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Steatite Limited	£1,100,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Steatite Limited	£1,100,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 000386-2021-2 · Steatite Limited
Signed
7 Jan 2021
Value
£1,100,000
Status
active
Contract 000386-2021-1 · Steatite Limited
Signed
5 Jan 2021
Value
£1,100,000
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Joint Electronic Surveillance (JES) Delivery Team

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Steatite LimitedAwarded supplier Acanthus Road, Worcestershire, West Midlands, B98 9EXContact email, phone
Steatite LimitedAwarded supplier Acanthus Road, Redditch, West Midlands

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.