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
- Saab AB
- Value
- £40,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Education & training · Specialist training services (CPV 80510000)
- Official notice
- 013876-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Apr 2024
- Published30 Apr 2024Published the same day
Description
The requirement is for the purchase of 1000 Soldier Systems to deliver training overseas along with exercise management and support. When not in use these systems will supplement the existing c2500 systems already used for training worldwide. The anticipated value of this requirement is £40,000,000. The intent is to place this activity as a Contract Amendment to Contract TSSP/143 (ILT-D), uplifting the original Contract value from £141,820,283 to an estimated £181,000,000. The requirement will align with the ILT-D Contract (expiry March 2027 with 3 x 1 year options to extend) The Cyber Risk Profile is assessed as moderate.
About the supplier
Saab AB: every public contract they have won.