Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Canine Support Support Solution
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe DE&S Specialist EOD&S, Exploitation and Countermeasures (SEEC) Delivery Team (DT) intends to competitively assess, select, and award a prime contract to provide an online catalogue providing support, training, and welfare equipment for Military Working Dogs (MWD). The catalogue of products includes a diverse range of equipment, including but not limited to; dog waste bags, leads, and harnesses, through to made to measure dog handler bite suits, specialist training aids and agility equipment.
All items supplied are to be of a suitable standard and quality that enables the Authority to continue to meet the five dog welfare needs listed in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (legislation.gov.uk) and detailed in the DEFRA Code of practice for the welfare of dogs (publishing.service.gov.uk) DEFRA 2017.
Throughout the life of the contract the Authority may request that items are added or removed from the catalogue due to evolving nature of the requirement. Full details shall be included at the Contract Notice and Invitation to Tender phase of the competition.
The Cyber Risk Level for this procurement is Very Low. The Risk Assessment Reference (RAR) is RAR-161623104.
A full description of the Cyber Risk levels is available in DEFSTAN 05-138. Potential providers should make themselves familiar with the requirement against the profile assessment for this risk level.
CPV: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products · Animal products and related products · Dog training services · Training aids and devices
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 20 Oct 2023, 14:12 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2023, 14:12 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031058- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040dc7Find a Tender
Publisher note: The below dates are the anticipated timeframe of this procurement: Contract Notice and Invitation to Tender February 2024 Anticipated Date of Contract Award July 2024 Duration of the contract will be 5 years, plus the Option to extend the contract by a further 2 years. The estimated overall contract value for the full contract term of 7 years is £3.1 million (excluding VAT) However, please note the Authority cannot guarantee the order quantity through the contract. If you have any questions with regards to this requirement, please contact Bruce Bawden on Bruce.Bawden101@mod.gov.uk You must not take this announcement to mean confirmation that MOD shall award a contract for this requirement. The MOD is publishing this announcement without any commitment to issue a tender or place a contract. Accordingly, any expenditure, work or effort undertaken before contract award is a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Oct 2023 → 1 Feb 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published20 Oct 2023, 14:12 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Feb 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.