Awarded without open competition
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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Radiocoms Systems Limited SME
- Value
- £2,312,349.98
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Tactical command, control and communication systems (CPV 35712000)
- Official notice
- 010266-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2025
- Published19 Mar 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Dismounted Close Combat (DCC) Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), has awarded a Call off contract for the procurement of 3M™ Headset kit for ComTac to Selex items from Radiocoms Systems Limited. This direct award call off was issued under Crown Commercial Services Framework Agreement RM6116 - Lot 1c. The Authority has awarded this Contract due to the "Technical or Exclusive Rights" and Radiocoms Systems Limited being the sole distributor of this equipment for 3M. The estimated total contract value is £2,312,349.98 (inc VAT).
About the supplier
Radiocoms Systems Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04544886).