Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-04-20
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35321000: Small arms
Estimated value: 700000 GBP
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) Force intends to award a contract to Axon Public Safety UK Ltd for the purchase of 137 Taser Units and 1 500 cartridges.
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16 (1) (b) (1) (aa) and (bb) of The Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011. This is because only cartridges supplied by Axon Public Safety UK Ltd are compatible with the existing Tasers and will permit that maintenance of the warranty on the stocks held by MDP and therefore permit MDP to undertake the necessary training across their personnel. To purchase alternative units would also require the purchase of alternative cartridges resulting in incompatibility with existing cartridges and Units and disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance of existing Tasers.
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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 GO Reference: GO-2016415-DCB-8069211.


Award value: 700000