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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2024/S 000-015336/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: The Defence Medical Services
Postal address: Whittington Barracks
Town: LICHFIELD
Postal code: WS149PY
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Thomas Rockett
Email: thomas.rockett101@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

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: Provision of MDICP Decision Advantage Pilot

Reference number: 709160452
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 75300000
II.1.3) Type of contract Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
Deliver and validate a cognitive training package focussed on developing decision advantage within the Land, Air, Sea, Cyber, and Space domains.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:162360.00
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Deliver and validate a cognitive training package focussed on developing decision advantage within the Land, Air, Sea, Cyber, and Space domains.

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: 709160452
Title: Provision of MDICP Decision Advantage Pilot

V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2024-05-14
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: University of Liverpool
National registration number: RC000660
Postal address: RC000660
Town: Liverpool
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
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 informationVI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Defence Medical Services
Town: Lichfield
Postal code: WS14 9PY
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2024-05-14

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:
Strategic Command, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to the University of Liverpool to deliver a cognitive training package focused on developing decision advantage within the land, air, sea, cyber, and space domains. The contract shall be for 9 months and have a value of £180k (ex VAT).
In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(2)(a) PCR 2015.
This is because no tenders were submitted in response to an open procedure published by way of a contract notice 709160452 on 03/11/2023.