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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

MOD Voluntary Transparency Notice
GB-MSS/092: MSS/092 – Inservice Support of Hale Hamilton Valves

Region Codes: UKG
Section I: Contract Title
Contract Title: GB-MSS/092: MSS/092 – Inservice Support of Hale Hamilton Valves

Section II: Issuing Branch / Organisation Details
Notice Address
Official Name: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Other
Address: Defence Equipment & Support, Birch 3C # 3331, Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Telephone: 030n679n34722
Email: alison.lyne869@mod.gov.uk
For attention of:
Postcode: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Point: Alison Lyne
Fax:
Internet Address:

Section III: Object of The Contract
Location of Works, place of delivery or of performance
Main Place of Performance or Delivery: WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Marine Systems Support Output Business Unit (MSS), within the Defence Equipment and Support organisation (DE&S) which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to place a contract for: “In-service support of Naval Valves of Hale Hamilton manufacture”.

The contract scope will cover Post Design Services, Repairs & Overhaul, and Spares Supply for First Level & Non-First Level Fluid Valves, Pressure Reducing Stations, Submarine Escape Equipment, Auto Charging Facility (ACF) and Breathing Air Panels fitted on HM Ships and Submarines, with Hale Hamilton Valves Ltd for a period of 5 years.

It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons and for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, only with Hale Hamilton Valves Limited.

Hale Hamilton Valves Ltd are the Original Equipment Manufacturer and hold Intellectual Property for the equipment in respect of designs, production processes, overhaul specifications and associated repair test schedules, and these are not available to an alternative supplier.

The Contract is for support of equipment for which there is known to be no functional equivalent on the market. The equipment has been subject to extensive testing to prove characteristics such as shock tolerance, magnetic susceptibility and reliability. A substitute product would require modification of the surrounding system or to the equipment itself and a corresponding qualification programme which would introduce unacceptable risks to the systems availability due to unavailability of access to platforms and equipment for system integration, validation, verification and qualification (IVVQ).

The technical information held by Hale Hamilton is necessary for performing this requirement to the safety levels required by the mandatory Safety of Life at Sea requirements. Failure to use HH would lead to significant safety issues due to denial of access to technical information of HH manufactured items by third parties which could lead to significant hazard to health and equipment, which are unacceptable to the Authority.

Industry Codes:
42131140 – Pressure-reducing, control, check or safety valves.

Additional Information:
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.

Section IV: Identification Numbers
Contract Number: MSS/092

Section V: Selected supplier
Details of Selected supplier:

Official name: Hale Hamilton (Valves) Limited
Postal Address: Frays Mills Works, Cowley Road
City: Uxbridge
Postcode: UB8 2AF
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint: Trevor Bignold
For Attention Of: Trevor Bignold
Telephone: +44 0189545742
Email:
Fax:
Internet Address:

Reason for Award: ongoing requirement to provide support to HM Ships & Submarines for this equipment
Value of Contract: 13,000,000
Justification For Non-Competitive Decision: The Marine Systems Support Output Business Unit (MSS), within the Defence Equipment and Support organisation (DE&S) which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to place a contract for: “In-service support of Naval Valves of Hale Hamilton manufacture”.

The contract scope will cover Post Design Services, Repairs & Overhaul, and Spares Supply for First Level & Non-First Level Fluid Valves, Pressure Reducing Stations, Submarine Escape Equipment, Auto Charging Facility (ACF) and Breathing Air Panels fitted on HM Ships and Submarines, with Hale Hamilton Valves Ltd for a period of 5 years.

It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons and for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, only with Hale Hamilton Valves Limited.

Hale Hamilton Valves Ltd are the Original Equipment Manufacturer and hold Intellectual Property for the equipment in respect of designs, production processes, overhaul specifications and associated repair test schedules, and these are not available to an alternative supplier.

The Contract is for support of equipment for which there is known to be no functional equivalent on the market. The equipment has been subject to extensive testing to prove characteristics such as shock tolerance, magnetic susceptibility and reliability. A substitute product would require modification of the surrounding system or to the equipment itself and a corresponding qualification programme which would introduce unacceptable risks to the systems availability due to unavailability of access to platforms and equipment for system integration, validation, verification and qualification (IVVQ).

The technical information held by Hale Hamilton is necessary for performing this requirement to the safety levels required by the mandatory Safety of Life at Sea requirements. Failure to use HH would lead to significant safety issues due to denial of access to technical information of HH manufactured items by third parties which could lead to significant hazard to health and equipment, which are unacceptable to the Authority.