The Repair, Remanufacture and Maintenance of Chain Gun Control Units and Associated Assemblies

Concepts

• telford
• firearms and ammunition
• repair and maintenance
• chain gun control units
• associated assemblies
• maintenance
• remanufacture
• the repair, remanufacture and maintenance of chain gun control units
• chain
• gun

Location

Telford

Description

Babcock Land Defence Limited, Acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) proposes to negotiate a single source contract with NSAF Limited for the Repair, Remanufacture and Maintenance of Chain Gun Control Units and Associated Assemblies for a period of 7 years. The estimated total contract value is not to exceed £900,000.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Repair, Remanufacture and Maintenance of Chain Gun Control Units and Associated Assemblies, for a period of 7 years,

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 50620000 - Repair and maintenance services of firearms and ammunition

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

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 SI2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. Babcock Land Defence Limited acting as the UK Ministry of Defence’s agent, intends to negotiate a single source Contract with NSAF Ltd for the remanufacture services for the Chain Gun Control Unit (CGCU) currently integrated to various Armoured Vehicle Platforms. It is considered that the contract shall be awarded to NSAF Ltd using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. The contractor has the extensive in-depth knowledge and specific know-how, proprietary information (such as up to date drawings), gun and CGCU specific tooling/test equipment and safety approvals to carry out the required services. NSAF have stated they will not provide any drawing or technical detail to anyone else and therefore another contractor would be required to demonstrate access to safety critical technical information not presently available to MoD, and also be able to provide technical support based on data that cannot be corroborated by any authority and present an intolerable risk that would undermine the Safety ALARP claim for the weapon. Because of this, it is considered that no other contractor can provide these services. Please note, Babcock Land Defence Limited is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, in the first instance interested parties may contact Babcock with queries relating to this procurement. Interested parties who have queries regarding the above procurement should contract IRMProcurementRepairTeam@babcockinternational.com

Other Information

Please note, this notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above. This notice is not a request for expression of interest, so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the UK MOD is to place a single source contract with the named Supplier.