Notice Information
Notice Title
Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece
Notice Description
The Air Crew Equipment Delivery Team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, ("the Authority") intends to award a Contract ACCOMM/00032 for the provision of In Ear Communication Devices (IECD) to Marlborough Communications Ltd (MCL) for a period of three (3) years. The contract is for the Supply of Vented Aviation Moulded Protection Earpiece for use with Aircrew Protective Helmets. The Authority requires additional supplies and service of the Vented Aviation Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece. It is considered that the award of the contract 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 16(1)(b)(i)(aa) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The contract is for the Supply of Vented Aviation Moulded Protection Earpiece for use with Aircrew Protective Helmets. The Authority requires additional supplies and service of the Vented Aviation Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece. MCL is a sole distributor and is exclusively responsible for all distribution and support of the Advanced Communication Solutions Ltd (ACL) products and services to the UK MOD. ACL are the approved Design Organisation (DO) for the articles and own the Design Rights for the articles which fulfil the requirement and integrate with Aircrew communication across multiple Aircrew Systems. ACL hold the necessary Design Approved Organisation Scheme accreditation to meet Airworthiness requirements with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations ensuring continued support of this equipment to the required safely levels. Using different IECD from another OEM would result in goods with different technical characteristics and therefore incompatibility with those supplied by MCL in use across multiple Aircrew Systems.
Options: 1 (one) Year Option.
Procurement Information
The contract is for the Supply of Vented Aviation Moulded Protection Earpiece for use with Aircrew Protective Helmets. The Authority requires additional supplies and service of the Vented Aviation Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece. MCL is a sole distributor and is exclusively responsible for all distribution and support of the Advanced Communication Solutions Ltd (ACL) products and services to the UK MOD. ACL are the approved Design Organisation (DO) for the articles and own the Design Rights for the articles which fulfil the requirement and integrate with Aircrew communication across multiple Aircrew Systems. ACL hold the necessary Design Approved Organisation Scheme accreditation to meet Airworthiness requirements with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations ensuring continued support of this equipment to the required safely levels. Using different IECD from another OEM would result in goods with different technical characteristics and therefore incompatibility with those supplied by MCL in use across multiple Aircrew Systems. 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 (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(b)(i)(aa) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. ACL hold the necessary Design Approved Organisation Scheme accreditation to meet Airworthiness requirements with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations ensuring continued support of this equipment to the required safely levels, ACL will not directly contract with the Authority and will only distribute goods via MCL.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065d70
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017530-2026
- 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
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
-
- CPV Codes
32570000 - Communications equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,209,826 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Mar 202511 months 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, DE&S
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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
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