VOLUNTARY TRANSPARENCY NOTICE - 709789452B - Procurement of Cartridge Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment

Concepts

• sea mines
• bristol
• limpet mine disposal equipment
• cartridge for limpet mine disposal equipment
• the mod’s limpet mine disposal equipment capability
• cartridges
• cartridge
• equipment
• mine
• disposal

Location

Bristol

Description

The Defence General Munitions (DGM) Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a five-year contract (three-year core term and two 1-year options to extend) to ABP Technologies Ltd for the purchase of Cartridges for the MoD’s Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment capability (LMDE).

Total Quantity or Scope

The procurement of Cartridge for Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment

Award Detail

Renewal Options

2 x 1 year options

CPV Codes

• 35332200 - Sea mines

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

The Defence General Munitions (DGM) Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a five-year contract (three-year core term and two 1-year options to extend) to ABP Technologies Ltd for the purchase of Cartridges for the MoD’s Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment capability (LMDE). The estimated total value of the proposed award is £2m ex-VAT (£2,400,000 inclusive of VAT). 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 in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. This is on the basis that the MoD initially launched a competitive procurement process for its requirements (see Contract Notice reference: 2023/S 000-037214) published in the UK e-notification service) and only ABP Technologies submitted a response to the Pre-Qualification (Supplier Selection) Questionnaire, meaning the lack of response from the wider market signifies that only this supplier has the technical capability to provide the required LMDE Cartridges. In addition, on the basis that (a) the market has been properly tested; (b) the required LMDE Cartridges are obsolete; and (c) ABP Technologies is the Original Equipment Manufacturer of the LMDE system which the Cartridges fit into, the MoD believes that only ABP Technologies has the necessary technical designs, tools, parts, knowledge and know-how required to deliver the MoD’s requirements.