Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-04-21
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: 10000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Repeat procurement of explosive method of entry natures with our contract duration of 3 firm years from MOD FY21/22-FY23/24 and two 1-year contract options in MOD FY24/25-FY25/26. This includes the procurement of integrated firing devices, mini shock tubes, Skinpacks, Primasheet, pre-made charges and specialist Shocktube Detonator Assemblies and associated drill/inert capabilities.
Repeat procuement of explosive method of entry natures with our contract duration of three firm years from MOD FY21/22-FY23/24, and two 1-year contract options in MOD FY24/25-FY25/26. This includes the procurement of integrated firing devices, mini shock tubes, Skinpacks, Primasheet, pre-made charges and specialist Shocktube Detonator Assemblies and associated drill/inert capabilities.
The proposed contract would contain two 1-year contract options to enable procurement of additional quantities of explosive method of entry natures in FY 24/25 and FY 25/26.
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the non-competitive negotiated procedure pursuant to Article 28(4)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(b)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) – Additional purchase or hire of goods.
The EMOE natures are the in-service natures that meet the enduring user requirement and DGM seeks to undertake a repeat procurement for additional purchase of these goods. These natures have been subject to additional qualification testing to demonstrate that they meet the UK MOD’s safety requirements. EMOE ammunition procured must be interoperable in terms of construction and performance to existing ammunition stores to ensure operational effectiveness and align with safety when deployed. Obtaining goods from any other supplier would result in a mixed fleet of natures with different performance and technical characteristics that would result in disproportionate technical and safety difficulties in operation and maintenance of the existing goods.
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. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
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


Winner: Level Peaks Associates Ltd
Award value: 10000000