Contract award · 8 Mar 2021
Viking Combined Support Contract
Ministry of Defence awarded “Viking Combined Support Contract” to Viking Arms Limited for £4m on 8 Mar 2021. Awarded without open competition.
No competition- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Viking Arms Limited SME
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Contract date
- 8 Mar 2021
- Published
- 8 Mar 2021
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Weapons, ammunition and associated parts (CPV 35300000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 004654-2021 on Find a Tender
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Description
The Authority intends to place a Combined Support Enabling Contract to support the in-service fleet of Glock weapons and supporting ancillaries, in order to ensure they can meet their enduring and future capability needs across the UK Armed Forces Commands.
About the supplier
- Viking Arms Limited: every public contract they have won.