Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Hand Held Sonars
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe supply of Hand Held Sonars
CPV: Purchase · Sonars
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Supply of Handheld Sonars
What it takes to wini
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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Single Source: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Single Source: N/A
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
- 21 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jan 2022, 22:55 GMT
- Authority reference
700243332- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000821- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02caf7Find 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
The Maritime Combat Systems Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), intends to award a contract to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited for the provision of handheld sonar devices £4M value estimate and proposed contract term of 4 years. It is considered that this contract can be awarded to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is because the handheld sonars to be acquired from Blueprint Design Engineering Limited use software which is proprietary to the Blueprint Design Engineering Limited and which is only interoperable with other systems provided by Blueprint Design Engineering Limited. The handheld sonars are required to interact with other systems provided by Blueprint Design Engineering Limited which have previously been acquired by the Authority. Accordingly, the contract can only be awarded to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited for technical reasons.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated11 Jan 2022, 22:55 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueprint Subsea | £3,774,302 † | — | Awarded |
| Blueprint Design Engineering LtdSubcontracting: declared | £4,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000821-2022-700243332-1 · Blueprint Subsea
- Signed
- 8 Oct 2021
- Value
- £3,774,302
- Status
- active
Contract 017289-2021-1 · Blueprint Design Engineering Ltd
- Signed
- 8 Jun 2021
- Value
- £4,000,000
- 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 noticeBidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Blueprint Design Engineering LtdAwarded supplier
- Blueprint SubseaAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.