Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-08-19
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Special Projects SCM (SPSCM)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
Estimated value: 55307596 GBP
Award criteria: Technical Score, Price Score, Commercial Score

Technical requirements: Technical Score
Price Score
Commercial Score
Project STARTER — The MOD wishes to procure an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remote Controlled Vehicle (EOD RCV) and support.
Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment. The requirement is for project starter, a Category C project to procure a new Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remote Controlled Vehicle (EOD RCV) for use by the MoD on Contingent Operations. Starter will be a medium to large RCV. The project successfully passed Main Gate in May 2017. The endorsed Single Statement of User Need (SSUN) is: ‘The user requires a deployable, robust capability to enable the remote location, diagnosis and render safe of Explosive Ordnance on all deployed operations, at all scales of effort’. Starter is required to enable an EOD team to conduct remote explosive ordnance reconnaissance, manipulation and neutralisation. It is required to operate above ground, underground (in a limited role) or within buildings and may suffer temporary immersion in water during operation. It is required to operate with all current and expected in-service EOD weapons and ancillaries in order to enable the defeat of a wide range of current and expected future EOD targets and threats, including vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The operator burden, both physical and cognitive, must allow operation by a single person without reliance upon a dedicated command and control vehicle, the EOD RCV will also be required to fit into existing vehicles the intention is for Mastiff III and Pinzgauer however the Authority retains the right to amend the type of vehicles.
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. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.
From 2.4.2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise.
Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk
1. The Contract award value is £4,336,885 (This figure includes a sum in USD which has expressed in GBP using the December 2016 exchange rate as used in the tender evaluation). Due to the inclusion of options in the Contract the final total value of the Contract is not known at this time. The figure provided at paragraphs II.2 and V.4 of this notice reflect the maximum theoretical total value over the whole life of the Contract if all options are exercised (excluding risk provision). GO Reference: GO-2017817-DCB-10852337.


Number of bids: 4