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title: "Teledyne CARIS HIPS & Sips Support Contract"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044b6c"
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# Teledyne CARIS HIPS & Sips Support Contract

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044b6c

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom has awarded a contract for the Teledyne CARIS HIPS & Sips Support Contract, related to surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic, and hydrological instruments and appliances. The procurement method used was negotiated without publication of a contract notice. The Ministry of Defence intends to award the contract to Teledyne CARIS for the supply and maintenance of specialist software to support the analysis, formatting, and correction of data gathered by hydrographic sonar systems on board Royal Naval vessels. The contract will have a duration of 5 years plus 1 option year.

This tender provides an opportunity for businesses involved in the supply and maintenance of specialist software for hydrographic surveying instruments to compete. Specifically, businesses with expertise in developing and supporting software solutions for naval survey operations would be well-suited to participate. The procurement process has already advanced to the award stage, where Teledyne CARIS has been selected as the supplier, signifying a closed opportunity for interested parties.

## Notice

Teledyne CARIS HIPS & Sips Support Contract

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Teledyne CARIS HIPS & Sips Support Contract

Options: Option to extend contract in year

### Procurement Information

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Teledyne Caris Inc. ("Caris") for the supply and maintenance of specialist software to support the analysis, formatting and correction of data gathered by hydrographic sonar systems on board Royal Naval ("RN") vessels (the "Contract"). The Contract will have a duration of 5 years plus 1 option year. It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(ii) of Directive 2014/24/EU (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) on the basis that the relevant products and services can be supplied only by Caris, competition being absent for technical reasons. To award the Contract to any other economic operator would have a major impact on operations as well as quality of survey data outputs, hence Safety of life At Sea (SOLAS) charting obligations and military specific bathymetric requirements provided by the Royal Navy for navigational and operational safety. There would also be an impact on Training causing severe disruption and a significant change in the Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) Hydrographer Meteorologists (HM) course and syllabuses which would cause a reduction of the timely output of training the HM Fleet.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009263-2024 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Aug 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £252,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | TLK12 Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TELEDYNE CARIS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 38290000 - Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances

## Release History

- 21 Mar 2024 at 16:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009263-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html

## Provenance

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