Published date: 5 January 2021

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


Closing: 9 December 2020, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Safety equipment - 35113000

Location of contract

PO2 8BY

Value of contract

£350,442

Procurement reference

701300387

Published date

5 January 2021

Closing date

9 December 2020

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)

The opportunity was not advertised, because for example only one supplier is capable of delivering the requirement, or due to extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events.

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

TRANSPARENCY PURPOSE ONLY - Contract Award - The Royal Navy, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a 1 year contract to Kinsetsu for the provision of products and services to HMS QNLZ in the research and development of the Personnel Accounting and Logistics (PAL) System to mitigate existing safety issues. It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Article 32(2)(b)(ii) of Directive 2014/24/EU) for technical reasons including the near technical impossibility for another economic operator to achieve the required performance and the specific interoperability requirements which must be fulfilled in order to ensure the functioning of the to be procured. This is because the Royal Navy needs to be able to install, operate and maintain the same system that is fitted on HMS PWLS. It is to provide rapid mitigation to an Operating Duty Holder Risk to Life, and Kinsetsu are the only accredited provider for a PAL system, based on the very specific interoperability between the Ships and it's systems. There are no other suppliers who are accredited who can provide this system.


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Award information

Awarded date

18 December 2020

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£350,442

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

KINSETSU LIMITED

Address

Unit A4 Harbour Court,5 Heron Road
BELFAST
BT3 9HB
GB

Reference

Companies House number: NI640485

Value of contract

£350,442

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Gary Cornish

Address

NCHQ
Whale Island
Portsmouth
PO2 8BY
England

Email

gary.cornish100@mod.gov.uk