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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: 700243332-CF-VTN-Provision of Hand Held Sonar Systems
2. Awarding Authority:
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbeywood South

Bristol
England
BS34 8JH
Contact:
Email: stephen.cooper171@mod.gov.uk
Phone:
URL:
3. Contract Type: Products
4. Description: The Maritime Combat Systems Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), intends to award a contract to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited for the provision of handheld sonar devices £4M value estimate and proposed contract term of 4 years. It is considered that this contract can be awarded to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is because the handheld sonars to be acquired from Blueprint Design Engineering Limited use software which is proprietary to the Blueprint Design Engineering Limited and which is only interoperable with other systems provided by Blueprint Design Engineering Limited. The handheld sonars are required to interact with other systems provided by Blueprint Design Engineering Limited which have previously been acquired by the Authority. Accordingly, the contract can only be awarded to Blueprint Design Engineering Limited for technical reasons.
5. CPV Codes:
38113000 – Sonars
6. NUTS Codes: UKK11
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: North West
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
tender_270564/981916
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: £4,000,000
10. Start Date: 01/10/2021
11. End Date: 30/09/2025
12. Closing Date: 05/08/2021
13. Other Information:
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