709986452 - The Supply of Fume Cabinet Spares and Repairs Services Contract Award Notice

Concepts

• repair and maintenance
• bristol
• design services
• repairs services
• repairs
• spares
• fume cabinet spares
• fumes
• fume cabinet spares and repairs services
• cabinets

Location

Bristol

Description

709986452 - The Supply of Fume Cabinet Spares and Repairs Services Awarded for a term of 5 years with an additional potential 4 individual optional years

Total Quantity or Scope

709986452 - The Supply of Fume Cabinet Spares and Repairs Services. A 5-year support contract covering FY 25/26, 26/27, 27/28, 28/29, 29/30 30/31. Plus 4 consecutive option years for the purchase of spares, repairs, and post design services. Initial Contract value of £261513.43 Exclusive of Option years and VAT. Filtration cabinets are used to extract hazardous gases, fumes, vapours, and dust produced during the cleaning and testing of aircraft components in workshops across the whole of defence and are located at all aircraft maintenance facilities across the UK.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

4 consecutive option years

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319).  Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. 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 regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 because competition is absent for technical reasons. This is because Fumecare is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the Cabinet and has supported it since it was introduced into service in 1997. Only the OEM has the drawings, information, technical expertise, and tools necessary to support this critically important piece of safety equipment which is used to remove toxic dust, fumes and aerosol vapours when testing aircraft components for early signs of failure such as cracks and metal fatigue.  In particular, due to the age of the Cabinet, certain of its key electronic components are now obsolete and only the OEM has the expertise to upgrade them to the required technical and safety standards.