Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-03-28
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Manufacture and supply of ceremonial ammunition (3 Pdr, 13 Pdr and 105 mm). The contract will be for the supply of quantities of ceremonial natures for a 3 year period from Financial Year (FY) 19/20 - 21/22. With options for a further 2 years of supply in FY 22/23 and 23/24. The contract will also include an option for the contractor to undertake part of the qualification programme, and options for additional quantities of ammunition in each financial year of the contract.
3 years contract with options for a further 2 years supply of ammunition. There will also be Options for additional quantities of ammunition across each financial year of the Contract.
The Defence General Munitions Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a three (3) year Contract with the options detailed below with Primetake Ltd, for the manufacture and supply of ceremonial ammunition (the 3 Pounder, 13 Pounder and the 105 mm) to meet operational and training requirements. The Contract will also include options for two (2) further years’ supply of ceremonial ammunition and an option for the contractor to complete part of the qualification programme to ensure that the ammunition is safe and suitable for service. The value of the contract, including all the options, is 3 000 000 GBP.
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a Contract Notice under Article 28(1)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(i) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011), due to an absence of tenders, suitable tenders or applications in response to a restricted procedure.
This is due to the specialist nature and limited quantities of the supplies required and the limited number of suppliers capable of meeting the requirement for ceremonial ammunition, Primetake Ltd was the only responder in a recently commenced restricted procedure in respect of a contract to deliver this ceremonial ammunition requirement.
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Any values stated in this notice are provisional and a contract has yet to be awarded GO Reference: GO-2019325-DCB-14575246


Winner: Primetake Ltd
Award value: 3000000