1951500

A Contract Award Notice
by MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Framework (Services)
Duration: not specified
Value: £195M

Sector: TECHNOLOGY
Published: 17 Feb 2023
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

MOD Corsham

1 supplier

Verrimus Bristol

Description

The Authority intends to establish a new contract with Verrimus Limited to upgrade existing International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) System and procure new IMEI System capability. The new contract will ensure that the existing IMEI capability is sustained. The IMEI equipment will be executed as a Single Source Contrac

Award Detail

1	Verrimus (Bristol) IMEI Technical Security Countermeasures (TSCM) Hardware Reference: 004894-2023-706940450-1 Value: £195,150,000

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Legal Justification

Legal Justification The Secretary of State for Defence, acting through the Defence Digital project team (the Authority), intends to enter into a contract with Verrimus Limited for the supply of additional International Mobile Equipment Identity Identification Systems (the Systems) and associated ancillaries (wired connections and charging devices) together with upgrade and maintenance services. In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulations 16(1)(b)(i) and 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for the following reasons. The systems and associated ancillaries are in addition to existing goods manufactured by the original equipment manufacturer GOS Systems Ltd and to obtain goods from a different supplier would oblige the Authority to acquire goods with different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility with the existing goods and disproportionate technical difficulties in the operation and maintenance of the existing goods. Furthermore, Verrimus are the exclusive distributors for the goods and after sales upgrades and services in the UK. GOS Systems Ltd is the only supplier with a product that will meet the Authority’s objective requirements in the timeframe required and which has been accredited to be used in the UK and Verrimus is the only supplier authorised to sell and procure the modification and maintenance of the Systems in the UK.