Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Salisbury
SP4 0JQ
UK
Contact person: Ian Beadle
Telephone: +44 1980956074
E-mail: iabeadle@dstl.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK15
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Odour Memory
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80512000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
To determine whether the amount and/or frequency of training in a set time period affects odour recall within a search test.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
150 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
US
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Research on the training of dogs in search and detection tasks into the amount and spread of training into target odour effects
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation:
Dstl are joining with the US Office of Naval Research in this defence research programme. We previously collaborated back in 2016 on a similar piece of work which through a framework competition was won by Auburn University. The work under this new programme is led by ONR who are contributing around 70% of the overall funding, which for reasons of compatibility/comparability must be performed by the original contractor.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: DSTLX-1000157762
Title: Odour Memory
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
26/07/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36849
Auburn
US
NUTS: US
Internet address(es)
URL: www.vetmed.auburn.edu/cps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
214 477.00
USD
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Dstl
Salisbury
SP4 0JQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/07/2021