Official UK procurement notice
S&MOCB/8007: Provision of UUV System Midlife Capability Upgrade (701551797)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSalvage and Marine Operations (SALMO), part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD), awarded a Contract to Kongsberg Maritime AS (‘Kongsberg’) for the Midlife Capability Upgrade of the in-service KM9 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV).
Previous publication reference: 2021/S 000-012734.
CPV: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · System maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO), part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence…
Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO), part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a contract (S&MOCB/8007) to Kongsberg Maritime Ltd (‘Kongsberg’) for the midlife capability upgrade of the in-service KM9 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) capability.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulation (DSPCR) 2011 for technical reasons.
The KM9 UUV capability was originally procured from Kongsberg in 2015/16 and Kongsberg has supported it in-service to date. Only Kongsberg holds all the available technical information and equipment (drawings, interfaces, test and calibration specifications/procedures, jigs and tools etc.) necessary to undertake the full mid-life refit of the capability. The KM9 capability has complex internal workings and bespoke hardware and software interfaces. Due to the technical complexity, the MOD considers that another entity would be unable to undertake the refit element without integration difficulties or impact on function due to the technical knowledge required.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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
- 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
- 7 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028004- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
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
- Published justification
Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO), part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a contract (S&MOCB/8007) to Kongsberg Maritime Ltd (‘Kongsberg’) for the midlife capability upgrade of the in-service KM9 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) capability.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulation (DSPCR) 2011 for technical reasons.
The KM9 UUV capability was originally procured from Kongsberg in 2015/16 and Kongsberg has supported it in-service to date. Only Kongsberg holds all the available technical information and equipment (drawings, interfaces, test and calibration specifications/procedures, jigs and tools etc.) necessary to undertake the full mid-life refit of the capability. The KM9 capability has complex internal workings and bespoke hardware and software interfaces. Due to the technical complexity, the MOD considers that another entity would be unable to undertake the refit element without integration difficulties or impact on function due to the technical knowledge required.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated8 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kongsberg Maritime ASSubcontracting: declared | £800,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Kongsberg Maritime AS | £815,206 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028004-2021-1 · Kongsberg Maritime AS
- Signed
- 13 Oct 2021
- Value
- £815,206
- Status
- active
Contract 012734-2021-1 · Kongsberg Maritime AS
- Signed
- 1 Jan 1900
- Value
- £800,000
- 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- Kongsberg Maritime ASAwarded supplier
- Kongsberg Maritime ASAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.