Award

Purchase of Tethered Un-Crewed Air Systems and Integrated Payloads

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

AwardUpdate

10 Apr 2024 at 20:34

Award

18 Feb 2022 at 22:45

TenderUpdate

07 Jan 2022 at 22:45

Tender

13 Dec 2021 at 22:45

Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence, UK, has awarded a contract for the Purchase of Tethered Un-Crewed Air Systems and Integrated Payloads to Evolve Dynamics Limited. The contract modification included the purchase of an additional radio system. The contract period is from 2022-02-02 to 2024-12-31. This procurement opportunity falls under the goods category, with the contract being active and valued at GBP 520,000.00.

This tender provides a business growth opportunity for suppliers with expertise in non-piloted aircraft systems. Businesses that can provide integrated payloads and radio systems compatible with existing equipment in the defence sector would be well-suited to compete. The Ministry of Defence as the buyer, located in Portsmouth, UK, has conducted this procurement process in multiple stages, with the award successfully completed for the specified contract.

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Notice Title

Purchase of Tethered Un-Crewed Air Systems and Integrated Payloads

Notice Description

Purchase of Tethered Un-Crewed Air Systems and Integrated Payloads

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Royal Navy, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to modify an existing contract with Evolve Dynamics Ltd, under Contract Reference 702431454 for the Purchase of Tethered Un-Crewed Air Systems and Integrated Payloads, to include the purchase of an additional radio system. It is considered that the award of the contract modification without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended (in particular by Statutory Instrument 2020/1319)) because it constitutes a permitted modification under that regulation. This is because these additional goods have become necessary and to introduce a change of contractor at this stage cannot be made for economic and technical reasons as only Evolve Dynamics Ltd has the necessary technical knowledge and design information to integrate the additional goods with the existing equipment, which is necessary to provide this requirement. In addition, there are very specific interoperability and testing requirements which require the new equipment to work with this existing equipment to ensure that the requirements detailed in the original Contract can be met. To introduce a change in Contractor at this stage would also cause significant inconvenience, delays and substantial duplication of cost for the MOD

Options: Purchase of Tethered Un-Crewed Air Systems and Integrated Payloads - Full details in statement of requirements, found in invitation to tender

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0300b3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011700-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation


CPV Codes

34711200 - Non-piloted aircraft

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£458,333 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£954,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Apr 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
13 Jan 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
8 Feb 20224 years ago
Contract Period
8 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2024 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
lee.culshaw100@mod.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
PORTSMOUTH
Postcode
PO2 8BY
Post Town
Portsmouth
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ31 Portsmouth
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Portsmouth
Electoral Ward
Nelson
Westminster Constituency
Portsmouth North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

EVOLVE DYNAMICS

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