Contract award · 18 Jul 2024

Halo Project

Ministry of Defence awarded “Halo Project” to GE Energy Power Conversion UK Ltd for £5.3m on 18 Jul 2024. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionElectrical equipment & lighting

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£5,300,000
Procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sector
Electrical equipment & lighting · Electric motors, generators and transformers (CPV 31100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Jul 2024
  2. Published6 Aug 2024Published 19 days after the contract date

Description

In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). It is considered that the Contract Award without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons and Regulation 16(1)(c)(i) for research and development services to which these Regulations apply. The contract may be awarded only to the Company for technical reasons. It has been assessed that the Company is the Design Authority and possesses the unique technical knowhow, tooling and test equipment to deliver this requirement. The Company owns and has sole rights to use a significant body of information and intellectual property …

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