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DGM/1702

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)

Ministry of Defence, Weapons
#4115, Fir 1b, ABW
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3067983949
E-mail:

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
1.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
DGM/1702
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase

NUTS code UKK11

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)
Ammunition. The DGM Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to amend a current Contract with Edgar Brothers for the supply of specialist munitions to increase the quantity of ammunition provided under that Contract. The value of the Contract amendment is 415,650.00 GBP.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

35330000

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)
Value: 1 474 832 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annexes D1, D2 or D3 as appropriate)
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
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical, connected with the protection of exclusive rights
 It is considered that this Contract amendment can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011).
 The ammunition is proprietary to Black Hills who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer and holder of the intellectual property rights. No licences have been granted to any party, including the MoD, to obtain the drawings, specifications and/or other intellectual property necessary to carry out the design or manufacture of these items. The ammunition is solely manufactured for and sold to the UK Government and Edgar Brothers are the sole distributor for Black Hills of this ammunition. The introduction of new rounds would need to be supported by a completely new Safety Case to provide the necessary confidence that the integrity of the rounds have not been compromised. This process would cause an untenable gap in current operational capability together with a disproportionate impact on time and cost.
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
DGM/1702
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: DGM/1702
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
2.4.2014
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Limited T/A Edgar Brothers
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 1 474 832 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
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.

From 2 April 2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

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.

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-201443-DCB-5578273

VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Ministry of Defence, Weapons

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Ministry of Defence, Weapons

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
3.4.2014