SDA/NP/709826453: Entity In Charge of Maintenance 2 (second round)

Concepts

• repair and maintenance
• bristol
• railway maintenance or service vehicles
• second
• maintenance
• round
• entity
• charge
• rolling stock
• railway service vehicles

Location

BRISTOL

Description

VTN/ VEAT Notice: Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice. For: Confirmation of Entity in charge of Maintenance (ECM).

Total Quantity or Scope

Confirmation of Entity in Charge of Maintenance (ECM). The Submarine Delivery Agency's (SDA) Irradiated Fuel Management Team, a part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a Contract to Direct Rail Services T/A Nuclear Transport Solutions for 6 years with a +1 option to extend.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

+ 1 Year option to extend.

CPV Codes

• 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
• 34620000 - Rolling stock
• 34621000 - Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
• 34621200 - Railway maintenance or service vehicles

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulations 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. These are: Direct Rail Services are the Registration Holder and Keeper for the two MOD Railway Wagons used to carry used nuclear navel fuel. Direct Rail Services are currently the only licensed nuclear fuel carrier by rail in the UK.

Other Information

Current estimated award value is circa £123,000 (excluding VAT). ITN with Direct Rail Services T/A Nuclear Transport Solutions = November/ December 2023. Estimated award = March 2024 … A previous Invitation to Negotiate with Direct Rail Services for this requirement was issued in 2021 which, due to unforeseen issues did not result in the award of a contract. Previous Publication references: 2021: tender_267347/931422 and 2021/S 000-004902 (VEAT/ VTN) 2023: tender_403748/1292584 This is therefore a repeat of the previous exercise (a second round) . Explanation: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: · absence of competition for technical reasons It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulations 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. These are: Direct Rail Services are the Registration Holder and Keeper for the two MOD Railway Wagons used to carry used nuclear navel fuel. Direct Rail Services are currently the only licensed nuclear fuel carrier by rail in the UK.