Official UK procurement notice
Project Trilobite - Underwater Positioning Trials
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement of an upgrade to existing Teledyne autonomous underwater vehicles for the purposes of R&D trials to support Royal Navy’s concepts for future operational capabilities.
CPV: Military research and technology · Unmanned underwater vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Royal Navy needs to upgrade an existing Teledyne autonomous underwater vehicles…
The Royal Navy needs to upgrade an existing Teledyne autonomous underwater vehicles for the purposes of R&D trials to support Royal Navy’s concepts for future operational capabilities.
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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).
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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).
- 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Sept 2023, 17:15 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2023, 17:15 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027542- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0401bfFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; 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; The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to
- Published justification
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011, as amended. The Authority requires the upgrade to upgrade an existing Teledyne autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for trial purposes. This particular asset is required for the trial as it allows interoperability with existing systems on other sizes and classes of vessels. Teledyne is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the existing AUV and has unique technical know-how required for the upgrade. In these circumstances the Authority considers that competition is absent for technical reasons.The goods and services procured under this contract are solely for the purposes of R&D to support Royal Navy’s concepts for future operational capabilities. The requirement does not include procurement at production quantity scale. Subject to contract, any future work to procure at scale shall be tendered through industry.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teledyne MarineSubcontracting: declared | £429,003 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Project Trilobite - Underwater Positioning Trials · Teledyne Marine
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2023
- Value
- £429,003
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Commercial XReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Teledyne MarineAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.