Voluntary ex ante transparency notice for Provision of Hand Held Sonars - Tier 2

A Contract Award Notice
by MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Goods)
Duration: not specified
Value: £4M

Sector: INDUSTRIAL
Published: 24 Jun 2021
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

MOD Bristol

1 supplier

Blueprint Design Engineering Ulverston

Description

HHS devices are systems designed to be held and operated by an individual diver. They should be able to provide navigational information and indicate the geospatial positions of underwater objects of interest, to facilitate the divers in more safely and efficiently carrying out their operations.

Total Quantity or Scope

50 Hand Held Sonars

Award Detail

1	Blueprint Design Engineering (Ulverston) Reference: 014474-2021-1 Value: £4,000,000

Renewal Options

2 year option to extend contract

Award Criteria

Lowest price

CPV Codes

38113000 - Sonars

Indicators

Options are available.

Legal 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.