Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision and Support of Tyre Bead Breaker Replacement Project F03 CAN
Notice Description
Contract 711534451, 'Provision and Support of Tyre Bead Breaker Replacement Project', has been awarded to Bauer Inc for the term of 3 years with no further contracted option years, commencing 27 May 2025
Lot Information
Lot 1
Contract 711534451, 'Provision and Support of Tyre Bead Breaker Replacement Project', has been awarded to Bauer Inc to supply and support Qty 1 Tyre Bead Breaker to RAF Brize Norton, servicing the C17 Aircraft fleet. The contract includes two further options to procure Qty 1 Tyre Bead Breakers for RAF Coningsby and Qty 1 Tyre Bead Breaker for RAF Waddington, subject to trails on additional aircraft platforms.
Options: OPTION 1: Procurement and support of Qty 1 Tyre Bead Breaker for RAF Coningsby OPTION 2: Procurement and support of Qty 1 Tyre Bead Breaker for RAF Waddington
Procurement Information
It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, due to an absence of suitable tenders. Bauer can provide a technical solution that is compliant with all of the key user requirements and furthermore is the same solution used on the C17 Platform and therefore appropriate for direct award, after absence of any technically compliant bids. It is for the reasons listed above that Bauer are considered the only operator able to meet the technical requirements of the contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051614
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023171-2025
- 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
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
-
- CPV Codes
34000000 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £133,134 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tansie.congdon100@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- N/A
- 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
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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