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Published 10 Apr 2024, 11:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Electronic Supply Area (ESA) and Asset-Tracking Cloud Based Software

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£151,400published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 10 Apr 2024
Awarded to Smarter Technologies Trading Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description
  • Implementation of a cloud-hosted platform for asset and item tracking.
  • Production of a report to support critical work to the development of robust, informed User Requirements to support Army requirements.

CPV: Programming services of packaged software products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery: UK

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
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 50%
  • Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 50
  • Price: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
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
10 Apr 2024, 11:07 BST
Last source update
10 Apr 2024, 11:07 BST
Authority reference
711439450
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011586
Classification (CPV)
Programming services of packaged software products
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0450f4 Find 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 contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to

Published justification
  1. The Secretary of State for Defence intends to enter a contract with Smarter Technologies Trading Limited for the procurement of the implementation of a cloud-based asset and item tracking system and a report relating to the outputs and outcomes of its use in Exercise Linotyper.
  2. It is considered that this contract can be placed with Smarter Technologies Trading Limited pursuant to Regulation 7(1)(l) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations, justified by the following:

i. This is a contract for services which fall within the DSPCR Regulation 3 definition of Research and Development: ‘all activities comprising fundamental research, applied research and experimental development’. Specifically, it constitutes experimental development, defined by DSPCR Regulation 3 as ‘work based on existing knowledge obtained from research or practical experience with a view to initiating the manufacture of new materials, products or devices, establishing new processes, systems and services or considerably improving those that already exist and includes the realisation of technological demonstrators’.

ii. The MOD will fully fund this Research and Development activity. The ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights in the results will remain with the contractor, and under DEFCON 705, the MOD will acquire user rights of the Research and Development activity.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £151,4001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Smarter Technologies Trading LimitedSMESubcontracting: declared£151,400 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Andover, UK, SP118HJContact email

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.