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
- Value
- £6,003,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Technical assistance services (CPV 71356200)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Mar 2025
- Published28 Apr 2026Published 413 days after the contract date
Description
It is considered that the contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The Technical reasons being that LMUKA are deemed to be the only competent and viable organisation within the UK market to carry out the technical work needed to meet the requirements. LMUKA have successfully met the requirement for the last 50 years and throughout this period LMUKA has built up a significant knowledge base, both in Suitably Qualified Experienced Personnel (SQEP) working the programme, and in auditable documentation, processes and retained data. It would take a significant period (10 years or more) for another organisation to build a comparable knowledge base.
About the supplier
Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00585852).