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Procurement of Uparmour and Ancillaries for Helmet Platforms.

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

This notice is covered by: Directive 2009/81/EC(Defence)

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Soldier System Programmes, DE&S;
Elm 3c, #4325, MoD Abbey Wood
For the attention of: Sarah Britten
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3067937121
E-mail:

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
1.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Procurement of Uparmour and Ancillaries for Helmet Platforms.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies

NUTS code UKI

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Armour plating. Procurement of side armour, gunsight mandibles, SLAAP plates, helmet covers and helmet huts.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

44430000

II.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice / call for competition
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with art. 28 of Directive 2009/81/EC
All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or inacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria: no
The periods for the restricted procedure and the negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice are incompatible with the urgency resulting from a crisis: no
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the relevant Directive: no
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical
The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to in Article 13 of Directive 2009/81/EC: no
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the Directive: no
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market: no
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
Contract related to the provision of air and maritime transport services for the armed forces of a Member State deployed or to be deployed abroad, under the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
Soldier System Programmes (SSP), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, proposes to place a 5 year Enabling Contract with Level Peaks Associates to enable the procurement of upgrades in order to enhance the protection and utility of current operational and training helmets.
The Contract will be for the supply of side armour and gunsight mandibles, SLAAP Plate, Helmet cover and Helmet Huts. Ops Core are the OEM for the armour and gunsight mandibles and SLAAP Plate and First Spear are the OEM for the Helmet cover and Helmet Huts. Level Peaks are the sole UK distributor for both OEM's.
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 (Regulation 16.(1)(b)(i)(aa) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). Level Peaks is the UK sole supplier of the OEM's who have mandated that we use Level Peaks. The upgrade needs to be supplied by the OEM to ensure compatibility with the existing fleet.
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity
SSP/00065
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)Date of contract award decision:
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Level Peaks Associates
The Warehouse, Gwynne Street
HR4 9DL Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1432341686

V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:

Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.

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-20131210-DCB-5322855
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
10.12.2013