Published date: 18 June 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 25 August 2023, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring - 38540000

  • Machine tools - 42600000

  • Workshop equipment - 43800000

    • Tools - 44510000

Location of contract

TF2 8JT

Value of contract

£20,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_349273/1363140

Published date

18 June 2024

Closing date

25 August 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

6 June 2024

Contract end date

5 June 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Babcock Land Defence Limited - acting as agent to the UK Ministry of Defence ("the Authority") - has
under consideration a 3-year Framework Agreement for The Supply of Tooling, Equipment & Associated Items. The requirement is split into 2 lots.

Lot 1 - Workshop Tooling & Equipment
C600 NSNs - Estimated value £10.1M

Lot 2 - Measuring, Inspection & Testing Equipment
C500 NSNs - Estimated value £7.4M

The basket of goods to be provided at ITT, will represents c1,000 items which account for over 75% of forecast value for the Contract. It is anticipated that the remaining 25% of forecast items by volume and value, which are all aligned to the scope and characteristics of this Contract, will be added to Contract via a satisfactory RFQ process with the successful bidders in 2 phases following Contract Award:

Phase 1: c500 NSNs
Phase 2: c500 NSNs

Total: c1,000 NSNs All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs).
Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock Numbers and shall be informed of any required applicable compliance standards. Tenderers shall be expected to provide items which comply with the requirements of CSIS (the Codification Support Information Systems maintained by the United Kingdom National Codification Bureau). Some items are required to be procured to a drawing which will be circulated as appropriate. This will have an advertised contract value of £15m - £20m. Each individual lot shall be awarded to the bidder who provides the most economically advantageous tender based on the basket of goods and responses to the Obsolescence, Quality and Social Values questions.

Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award (over and above those items envisaged to be added to contract). The resulting contract shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality, and shall include remedies for poor performance. The Authority shall award the Contract in accordance with the evaluation criteria which will be detailed in the Invitation To Tender. The PQQ shall be assessed on DSP using the selection criteria given within the PQQ
and within each question. It is the intention of the Authority to down select the economic operators who will be invited to tender on a pass/fail basis.

Contract name:

IRM22/7611
Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-773112218
Cyber Risk Profile: Very Low


Award information

Awarded date

6 June 2024

Contract start date

6 June 2024

Contract end date

5 June 2027

Total value of contract

£20,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Joseph Gleave and Son Limited

Address

995 Chester Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0NB

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Justyna Chmura

Address

Building B15, MoD Donnington
Telford
TF2 8JT
England

Email

justyna.chmura@babcockinternational.com