Notice Information
Notice Title
LSMS014 - Supply of Furniture
Notice Description
The supply of Furniture for HM Ships and Subs.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The supply of Furniture for HM Ships and Subs.
Options: One Year Option Period.
Procurement Information
The Maritime Spares Delivery Team (MS), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the "Authority"), intends to award a contract to Varivane Industries Limited for the provision of Supply and Support of Furniture exclusively for use on board HM Ships and Submarines for a period of 2 years from February 2024. The estimated contract value is circa PS6M ex VAT. In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). 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 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. Varivane Industries Limited, has the specific know-how, tools and means access to codified drawings to provide this requirement and are the only supplier who have the tooling and expertise to be able to fulfil the contract. The Authority does not have access to the proprietary information, technical drawings and specifications for the articles necessary to carry out or compete this requirement as Varivane has not licensed out any of the necessary information to a third party.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04261a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036981-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
-
- CPV Codes
39100000 - Furniture
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £6,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Dec 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Dec 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
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- thomas.rooney103@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)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-04261a-2023-12-15T14:25:26Z",
"date": "2023-12-15T14:25:26Z",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04261a",
"initiationType": "tender",
"tender": {
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-04261a",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "32009L0081",
"scheme": "CELEX"
},
"title": "LSMS014 - Supply of Furniture",
"status": "complete",
"classification": {
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "39100000",
"description": "Furniture"
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
"description": "The supply of Furniture for HM Ships and Subs.",
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"description": "The supply of Furniture for HM Ships and Subs.",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"type": "price",
"name": "Lowest price"
}
]
},
"hasOptions": true,
"options": {
"description": "One Year Option Period."
}
}
],
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UK"
}
],
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"procurementMethod": "limited",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Negotiated without publication of a contract notice",
"procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL",
"id": "D_MANUF_FOR_RESEARCH",
"description": "The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive"
},
{
"scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL",
"id": "D_TECHNICAL",
"description": "The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons"
}
],
"procurementMethodRationale": "The Maritime Spares Delivery Team (MS), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the \"Authority\"), intends to award a contract to Varivane Industries Limited for the provision of Supply and Support of Furniture exclusively for use on board HM Ships and Submarines for a period of 2 years from February 2024. The estimated contract value is circa PS6M ex VAT. In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). 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 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. Varivane Industries Limited, has the specific know-how, tools and means access to codified drawings to provide this requirement and are the only supplier who have the tooling and expertise to be able to fulfil the contract. The Authority does not have access to the proprietary information, technical drawings and specifications for the articles necessary to carry out or compete this requirement as Varivane has not licensed out any of the necessary information to a third party."
},
"awards": [
{
"id": "036981-2023-1",
"relatedLots": [
"1"
],
"status": "active",
"hasSubcontracting": true,
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-5483",
"name": "Ministry of Defence"
}
]
}
],
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-12610",
"name": "Ministry of Defence",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Ministry of Defence"
},
"address": {
"locality": "Bristol",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "BS34 8JH",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "thomas.rooney103@mod.gov.uk"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
],
"details": {
"url": "https://des.mod.uk/",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
"id": "MINISTRY",
"description": "Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions"
},
{
"scheme": "COFOG",
"id": "02",
"description": "Defence"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-5483",
"name": "Ministry of Defence",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Ministry of Defence"
},
"address": {
"locality": "Bristol",
"region": "UK",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"roles": [
"supplier"
],
"details": {
"scale": "sme"
}
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-9307",
"name": "Defence Equipment and Support",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Defence Equipment and Support"
},
"address": {
"locality": "Bristol",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"roles": [
"reviewBody"
]
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-FTS-12610",
"name": "Ministry of Defence"
},
"contracts": [
{
"id": "036981-2023-1",
"awardID": "036981-2023-1",
"status": "active",
"value": {
"amount": 6000000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"dateSigned": "2023-12-15T00:00:00Z"
}
],
"language": "en"
}