The Repair of Jackal Assemblies and Associated Items

Babcock Land Defence Limited (BLDL), acting as Agent for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a Single Source Contract to Supacat Limited for the provision of The Repair of Jackal Assemblies and Associated Items for a duration of 5 Years with 2 x 1 Option Years. Please note, this Notice announces a Contract Award for the purposes of transparency only and is not a request for expressions of interest. This requirement was advertised on behalf of the Authority on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) and Find-a-Tender dated 26th June 2024 reference 2024/S 000-019516 under Contract reference IRM22/7623A. 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 SI2020/1450). It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. Supacat Limited are the proprietary owners of the technical documentation for these assemblies and such work cannot be undertaken without access to the proprietary design information. Without the detailed technical information for the various assemblies a supplier would not be able to ensure repaired and reconditioned assemblies were fit for purpose in accordance with the original design specifications, or maintain configuration control such as build standards, drawing and test specifications. The assemblies to be repaired under this contract are considered to be of a safety critical nature. Please note, Babcock Land Defence Limited is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, in the first instance interested parties may contact Babcock with queries relating to this procurement. Interested parties who have queries regarding the above procurement should contact IRMProcurementRepairTeam@babcockinternational.com The Authority reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award.