Notice Information
Notice Title
5,000,000
Notice Description
5,000,000
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Delivery Team (DT) have initiated a project for delivery of a Pre-Used ROV System to fill an urgent requirement in support of deep-water operations. along with a spares and in service support package for a New Core SALMO ROV Operational Team.
Procurement Information
Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO), part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract (S&MOCB/9002/707300450) to Forum Engineering Technology (UK) Ltd ('FET') for the Provision of a Pre-owned Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), Spares and In Service Support. The contract has an estimated value of PS5M and a duration of 2 years. It is considered that the award of this 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 16(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulation (DSPCR) 2011 for technical reasons. SALMO have determined that currently only FET can supply the ROV that fully meets all the Key User Requirements (KUR's) which are: Depth rating and ability to upgrade to threshold; Payload Capacity; Operating System and INS - ability to dynamically position; UK Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for Support; good material condition with supporting evidence and the customers operational timescales. The ROV was manufactured and supported by FET as OEM. After completion of a technical assessment, only FET holds all the available technical information (drawings, interfaces, test and calibration specifications/procedures, jigs and tools etc.), and has the technical expertise, knowledge and know-how necessary to assure the safety of the equipment. This information is not available to the Authority as it is owned by FET. The Authority does not have the necessary rights to this information and would be unable to provide a suitable level of details to any third party that would enable them to safely fulfil this in service support requirement without impact to the customers operational timescales.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03c937
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013991-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
-
- CPV Codes
43135000 - Subsea equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £5,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 May 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 May 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Katie Thomas
- Contact Email
- desshipscomrcl-salmo-multiuser@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS34 8JH
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Stoke Park & Cheswick
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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