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
- NP Aerospace Ltd SME
- Value
- £15,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Sports, games & art materials · Survival suits (CPV 37414800)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 025801-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Aug 2024
- Published14 Aug 2024Published the same day
Description
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) EOD Bomb Suits provide physical protection for British Forces’ users when disarming an explosive device. It is widely regarded as class leading and has provided a high level of protection. NP Aerospace Limited are the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for current in-service EOD Bomb Suits. They are the only economic operator who holds the skills, specific experience, technical data, and tools needed to perform the required analysis and testing on the current in-service EOD suit to underwrite the extension to its operational life. This may involve obsolescence management and replacement of component parts as deemed necessary to enable the operational life to be extended out to 2035. This requirement does not seek to procure a new capability, it is simply to maintain and extend the life of the current in-service capability.
About the supplier
NP Aerospace Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03472480).