Official UK procurement notice
Viking Combined Support Contract
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAn enabling arrangement for the provision of support and repair services in respect of the in-service fleet of Glock weapons and supporting ancillaries with the UK Armed Forces. The contract will be for a 5-year period and will include the provision of a technical support service and allow for procurement of additional in-service weapons if required.
CPV: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · Hand guns · Repair and maintenance services of firearms and ammunition · Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment · Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Authority intends to place a Combined Support Enabling Contract to support the…
The Authority intends to place a Combined Support Enabling Contract to support the in-service fleet of Glock weapons and supporting ancillaries, in order to ensure they can meet their enduring and future capability needs across the UK Armed Forces Commands.
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).
- 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
- 8 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Authority reference
701499375- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-027760- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02999fFind 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 Dismounted Close Combat programme team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a 5-year enabling contract with Viking Arms Ltd for the Combined Support, Supply and Repair of the in-service fleet of Glock weapons and supporting ancillaries with the provision to procure additional systems if required.
It is considered that this Contract will be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) and 16(1)(b)(i) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for Technical Reasons. This is because the chosen supplier is the sole UK agent for the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) for the Glock family of weapons and are the only economic entity with the necessary technical data, knowledge and expertise, and proprietary documentation maintained by the DA. These are all fundamental in order to provide the required technical support, assure any repairs, and undertake any Post Design Services to underwrite any changes or modifications in compliance with the OEM quality assurance controls and measures that maintains operational performance and effectiveness of the weapons.
Without access to the proprietary documentation, technical drawings, tooling and test equipment, specific manufacturing processes and knowledge and expertise, any goods or services provided by another entity would require new testing, new verification and validation to ensure that the safety and suitability for service of the weapons, operational performance and effectiveness, and the interoperability with other weapons and platforms is not compromised and that the Safety Case for the system is not invalidated. A change of supplier would also oblige the Authority to acquire goods having different technical characteristics, resulting in incompatibility between the existing platforms and weapons, affecting the support, technical publications and documentation, user training, and logistics of a multiple platform fleet from that already provided and currently in-service. There would also be disproportionate cost, time and technical difficulties incurred to the Authority associated with introducing new items into the Authority’s supply chain and inventory.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated4 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viking Arms LimitedSubcontracting: declared | £4,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Viking Arms Limited | £829,467 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027760-2021-701499375-1 · Viking Arms Limited
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2021
- Value
- £829,467
- Status
- active
Viking Combined Support Contract · Viking Arms Limited
- Signed
- 8 Mar 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- Viking Arms LimitedAwarded supplier
- Viking Arms LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.