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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2021/S 000-000386/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
Regulation of procurement: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Joint Electronic Surveillance (JES) Delivery Team
Postal address: MOD Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: William Pope
Telephone: +44 3067985580
Email: william.pope101@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.contracts.mod.uk

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Procurement and support of MPU5 radios
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 32344280
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Procurement and support of 25 MPU5 radios.The Joint Electronic Surveillance Delivery Team, within the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intend to award a Contract to Steatite Limited for the delivery of an initial 25 MPU5 radios, ancillaries, spares, training, support, with options to procure additional systems (“the Contract”). The Contract has an anticipated value of £1.1M (ex VAT) and a total contract duration of 5 years, subject to option periods (3+1+1).
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:1100000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKK1 Main site or place of performance:Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Procurement and support of 25 MPU5 radios

II.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:yes
Description of options:
1 + 1 years

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice(in accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2009/81/EU)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2021-01-05
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Steatite Limited
Postal address: Acanthus Road
Town: Worcestershire
Postal code: B98 9EX
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1527512400
Email: sale@steatite.co.uk
Nuts code: UKG12
The contractor is an SME: no

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot
for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in
previous contract award notices
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2021-01-07
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Steatite Limited
Postal address: Acanthus Road
Town: Redditch
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code: UKG12
The contractor is an SME: no

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot
for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in
previous contract award notices

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information:
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-202118-DCB-17616427
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Joint Electronic Surveillance (JES) Delivery Team
Postal address: MOD Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3067985580
E-mail: william.pope101@mod.gov.uk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2021-01-08

Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for
competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
1.Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without publication of a call for competition in accordance with
Article 28 of Directive 2009/81/EU
Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive

3.Explanation
Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union
is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive:
The Joint Electronic Surveillance Delivery Team, within the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intend to award a Contract to Steatite Limited for the delivery of an initial 25 MPU5 radios, ancillaries, spares, training, support, with options to procure additional systems (“the Contract”). The Contract has an anticipated value of £1.1M (ex VAT) and a total contract duration of 5 years, subject to option periods (3+1+1).
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(3)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC and Regulation 16(1)(b)(i)(aa) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for additional goods. The radios are required in addition to existing MPU5 radios. To obtain alternative radios from an alternative supplier would oblige MOD to acquire goods with different technical characteristics. This would result in incompatibility between the existing goods and failure to provide additional equipment capable of communicating with current in-service radios. MPU5 radios are essential in enabling a networking solution with the in-service radios.