Published date: 18 March 2022
This notice was replaced on 29 March 2022
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Awarded contract (published 29 March 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Diagnostic systems - 33124110
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£48,280
Procurement reference
tender_302176/1053618
Published date
18 March 2022
Closing date
28 March 2022
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
29 March 2022
Contract end date
30 April 2022
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Single tender action (below threshold)
A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Voluntary Transparency Notice only for intent to award a contract.
The Authority intends to place this contract via a negotiated procedure without prior notice because competition is absent for technical reasons. Data relating to military movements (i.e., walking, marching, and running) was captured during a pilot RM Biomechanics Programme (RMBP), using medical grade force plates, with optimised strain gauge technology. This equipment and corresponding jig system has been developed and used in partnership with a cadre of seven academic establishments, who are trained in the analysis of data produced by these systems.
There is a compatibility requirement between MOD locations, and academic partners with the risk that using a different system would result in a loss in data validity and reliability. Previous work across the RN/ RM (BRNC and CTCRM) pilot has been undertaken with this force plate system and data has been captured at a higher strain gauge standard than that delivered by piezoelectric plate alternatives. The Authority views that there is a risk that moving to alternate systems would require a period of qualification and development. As the Authority wishes to continue the study of MSKI at pace, it considers the uncertainty around qualifying and modifying alternate systems as a risk, with no guarantee that the equipment could be qualified within our timeframe, or that data produced would be consistent with that previously captured. The Authority considers this an intolerable risk to data integrity and its subsequent analysis.
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