Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-01-15
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Country: UK
Region: SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35111300
Estimated value: 358090 GBP
Award criteria: A bracket shall allow easy access to to the extinguisher for all personnel whilst wearing hand protection such as CBRN or cold weather arctic, The extinguisher shall be able to be stored in any orientation, Corrosion test internal and external (to EN-3), The LC50 value for the supressant should be greater than 100 000 ppm, The extinguisher shall be capable of maintaining a continuous discharge for at least 6 seconds in the upright position, at the ambient temperature, The extinguisher shall be capable of discharging 95 % of its contents in the upright position, at ambient temperature

Technical requirements: A bracket shall allow easy access to to the extinguisher for all personnel whilst wearing hand protection such as CBRN or cold weather arctic
The extinguisher shall be able to be stored in any orientation
Corrosion test internal and external (to EN-3)
The LC50 value for the supressant should be greater than 100 000 ppm
The extinguisher shall be capable of maintaining a continuous discharge for at least 6 seconds in the upright position, at the ambient temperature
The extinguisher shall be capable of discharging 95 % of its contents in the upright position, at ambient temperature
Fire extinguishers. The authority is looking to replace current hand held fire extinguishers (HHFE) used in the crew compartments of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV). Current HHFE's use Halon 1211 gas (BCF) as the suppressant, however following the signing of the Montreal Protocol, the use and manufacture of Halon 1211 in the UK has been banned. The MOD needs to replace all of its 1.4 Kg BCF HHFE's with a suitable alternative, which meets an MOD determined output/performance specification.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk
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Number of bids: 5