Official UK procurement notice
Supply of a Shimadzu HPV-X2 Ultra High Speed Camera
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a Single Source Non-Qualifying Defence Contract valued at up to £206K (EX VAT) with Shimadzu UK Limited (“the Contractor”) for the Supply of a Shimadzu HPV-X2 Ultra High Speed Camera. It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii)) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for technical reasons.
The Contractor, as the UK Office of the Original Equipment Manufacturer for the Camera has the technical designs, tools, knowledge and know-how necessary to provide this specific Camera, the Authority does not own the rights authorising them to share the essential technical specifications that other economic providers require to redesign.
The Authority’s specific requirement and intended case requires an Ultra High Speed Camera capable of operating at 10 million frames per second over a 200 x 250 pixel resolution, be capable of recording “bright events” such as explosions, and be of a small enough size to be fully portable. The Authority considers that there are no reasonable alternative solutions commercially available that meets the Authority’s requirements.
This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.
CPV: Video recording or reproducing apparatus
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Mar 2023, 17:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Mar 2023, 17:40 GMT
- Authority reference
IPMO1229- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-006663- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03aee0Find a Tender
- 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
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a Single Source Non-Qualifying Defence Contract valued at up to £206K (EX VAT) with Shimadzu UK Limited (“the Contractor”) for the Supply of a Shimadzu HPV-X2 Ultra High Speed Camera. It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii)) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for technical reasons.
The Contractor, as the UK Office of the Original Equipment Manufacturer for the Camera has the technical designs, tools, knowledge and know-how necessary to provide this specific Camera, the Authority does not own the rights authorising them to share the essential technical specifications that other economic providers require to redesign.
The Authority’s specific requirement and intended case requires an Ultra High Speed Camera capable of operating at 10 million frames per second over a 200 x 250 pixel resolution, be capable of recording “bright events” such as explosions, and be of a small enough size to be fully portable. The Authority considers that there are no reasonable alternative solutions commercially available that meets the Authority’s requirements.
Publisher note: This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shimadzu UK LtdSupply of Shimadzu HPV-X2 Ultra High Speed CameraSubcontracting: declared | £206,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of Shimadzu HPV-X2 Ultra High Speed Camera · Shimadzu UK Ltd
- Signed
- 7 Mar 2023
- Value
- £206,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Shimadzu UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.