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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-036689/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence
Postal address: MOD AbbeyWood
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Email: UKStratCom-Comrcl-SpTx-BMfS@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: 709990461_TREATING WASTEWATER – PRODUCING GREEN HYDROGEN
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 65400000
II.1.3) Type of contract Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
For procurement under PCR 2015 an award of a contract without a prior publication of a call for competition in find a tender. Treating wastewater and producing clean hydrogen as a result.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:329500.00
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 24111600
Main CPV code: 45232421

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
this requirement seeks to enable technology converting waste streams into hydrogen in a live environment.

II.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
(please complete point 2 of the Annex D)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: 709990461
Title: Wastewater treatment

V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2023-12-13
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Wastewater Fuels Limited
Town: Coventry
Postal code: CV34LB
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME: yes

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.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Section VI: Complementary informationVI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence
Postal address: Abbeywood
Town: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2023-12-13

Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition
in the Official Journal of the European Union
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of 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:
Defence Support (DefSp) Futures Research and Experimentation, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) is intending to place a contract with Wastewater Fuels Limited (WWF Ltd) to test the efficiency of their previously developed treatment technology capable of extracting clean energy from wastewater from TRL6 laboratory environment to TRL6 live field environment and has an estimated value of £329,500.00.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, due to technical reasons (regulation 32(2)(b)(ii)) relating to specific know-how, Wastewater Fuels Limited being the only organisation able to meet the requirements of the Futures Research and Experimentation programme. WWF Ltd have produced equipment which has been tested in the lab environment and this requirement builds on that work by continuing the test in a live field environment. WWF Ltd is the only contractor which can perform this requirement, having the necessary rights to the relevant technology & equipment.