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BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC

Repair, Calibration and Post Design Services (PDS) in Support of general Purpose Suspension Equipment Test Sets and Associated Role Sets

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38540000
Value£4.3m
Awarded17 Jun 2019
Published6 Mar 2020
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£4.3mtotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£4.7m

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

"Babcock DSG, acting on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, has placed a 4 year Framework Agreement for the repair, calibration and post design services in support of general purpose suspension equipment and associated role sets.

There will also be provision for three one year options should this be required and subject to satisfactory supplier performance.

Serco PLC is the Original Equipment Manufacturer for the items, holds exclusive rights in a number of the items and only Serco Plc have the necessary knowledge, data packs, procedures and facilities to provide the requirement to the required safety standards.

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest, so please do not apply to be invited to tender.

This notice advises that Babcock DSG, acting as agent on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, has negotiated a single source contract with the named supplier, and this notice is published for reasons of transparency only."

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

"Babcock DSG, acting on behalf of

"Babcock DSG, acting on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, has placed a 4 year Framework Agreement for the repair, calibration and post design services in support of general purpose suspension equipment and associated role sets.

02

There will also be provision for three

There will also be provision for three one year options should this be required and subject to satisfactory supplier performance.

03

Serco PLC is the Original Equipment Manufacturer

Serco PLC is the Original Equipment Manufacturer for the items, holds exclusive rights in a number of the items and only Serco Plc have the necessary knowledge, data packs, procedures and facilities to provide the requirement to the required safety.

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
LSBU7/0151
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