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, DE&S · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £3,209,826.67
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Communications equipment (CPV 32570000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 017530-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Mar 2025
- Published26 Feb 2026Published 339 days after the contract date
Description
The contract is for the Supply of Vented Aviation Moulded Protection Earpiece for use with Aircrew Protective Helmets. The Authority requires additional supplies and service of the Vented Aviation Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece. MCL is a sole distributor and is exclusively responsible for all distribution and support of the Advanced Communication Solutions Ltd (ACL) products and services to the UK MOD. ACL are the approved Design Organisation (DO) for the articles and own the Design Rights for the articles which fulfil the requirement and integrate with Aircrew communication across multiple Aircrew Systems. ACL hold the necessary Design Approved Organisation Scheme accreditation to meet Airworthiness requirements with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations ensuring continued support of this equipment to the required safely levels. Using different IECD from another OEM would result in goods with different technical characteristics and therefore incompatibili…
About the supplier
Marlborough Communications Limited: every public contract they have won.