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BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC

Repair and calibration of emissions test equipment

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50000000 50400000 50430000
Value£303k
Awarded18 Mar 2020
Published4 Nov 2021
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£303ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Repair & Maintenance band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This contract is below the threshold specified under the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011.

Babcock Land Defence Limited, acting as the agent to the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD), has awarded a single source contract to Gemco Services Ltd (Gemco) for the Calibration and Repair of Emissions Test Equipment, solely OM1500 and OM4500 Exhaust Emissions Analysers, for a duration of 1 year with 1 additional year that may be taken at the Authority's discretion.

The Authority considers that it can award the contract only to Gemco on the basis of technical reasons.

The OM1500 and OM4500 Exhaust Emissions Analysers are commercially obsolete, and the purpose of this contract is to provide interim repair cover while the replacement fleet of equipment is sourced and brought into service, currently planned for FY 20/21.

The OM1500 & OM4500 Exhaust Emission Analysers have been extensively supported by Gemco.

Gemco have, through this support, amassed a supply of serviceable spares which are no longer available to procure on the open market due to obsolescence.

All historical calibration data supporting the equipment fleets traceability is owned and maintained by Gemco.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The OM1500 and OM4500 Exhaust Emissions Analysers

The OM1500 and OM4500 Exhaust Emissions Analysers are commercially obsolete, and the purpose of this contract is to provide interim repair cover while the replacement fleet of equipment is sourced and brought into service, currently planned for FY 20/21.

02

Gemco have, through this support, amassed

Gemco have, through this support, amassed a supply of serviceable spares which are no longer available to procure on the open market due to obsolescence.

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