UK Hydrographic Office: Defence Chart Printing and Fulfilment services

UK-Taunton: Printing services.

Preliminary Questions
   This notice is published by:
   Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       UK Hydrographic Office
       Admiralty Way, Taunton, TA1 2DN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1823483865, Email: stuart.speer@ukho.gov.uk
       Contact: Stuart Speer
       Main Address: https://ukho.gov.uk, Address of the buyer profile: http://www.ukho.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKK23

I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5) Main Activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Defence


Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: Defence Chart Printing and Fulfilment services.
      Reference number: Not Provided
      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      79810000 - Printing services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   
   II.1.4) Short Description: This is a one year minimum interim Contract for the supply of Defence related Chart Printing and fulfilment services for the UKHO. It is being set up to cover a business emergency situation whilst enabling a full competition to be run during 2023.
   
   II.1.6) Information about lots
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
      Value: 184,000      
      Currency: GBP


II.2) Description

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not provided

   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UKJ32 Southampton
   
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
    This is a one year minimum interim Contract for the supply of Defence related Chart Printing and Fulfilment services for the UKHO. It is being set up to cover a business emergency situation whilst enabling a full competition to be run during 2023.    
   
   II.2.5) Award criteria
   (Directive 2014/24/EU / Directive 2014/25/EU)
   Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
               
   Price - Weighting: 30
         
      
      
   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

   II.2.14) Additional information:
    Not provided    
      
Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description
   
   IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below         
   
   IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No    
   
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
         
IV.2)Administrative Information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
      Notice number in OJ S: Not provided       
   
Section V: Award Of Contract/Concession
      
Award of Contract/Concession No: 1
Contract No: Not Provided    Lot Number: Not Provided    Title: Not Provided

V.2) Award of contract/concession
      
      V.2.1) Date of contract award decision: 16/12/2022.
      
      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/concessionaire, No. 1:
          Hobbs the Printers Limited, 00422132
       Brunel Road, Totton, SO40 3WX, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2380664800, Email: g.bromley@hobbs.uk.com
       NUTS Code: UKJ32
   The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: Yes    
   
         
      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
         Initial estimated total value of the contract: 184,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot/concession 184,000         
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting:
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No          


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.3) Additional Information:
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GO-20221229-PRO-21840785 TKR-20221229-PRO-21840784   
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
          UK Hydrographic Office
       Admiralty Way, Taunton, TA1 2DN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1823483865, Email: stuart.speer@ukho.gov.uk
   
      V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
                As address above in Section Vi.4.1
       Taunton, United Kingdom.

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
      Not Provided    
      
      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          As above in Section Vi.4.2
       Taunton, United Kingdom
   
   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 29/12/2022


Annex D1 - General Procurement
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
Directive 2014/24/EU


2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

   The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

3. Explanation

   Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is
   lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive: (500 words maximum)
   In accordance with Article 32.2.(c), the Contracting Authority, is seeking to place a single, interim, call off contract for Defence Chart printing and fulfilment services with a single economic operator, for a period of one year, only. This extremely urgent action is required, due to unforeseen circumstances, and where the UKHO is now closing down its current Print and Fulfilment facility, by January 2023, and will no longer be capable of providing this service, in-house. Unforeseen circumstances have arisen as planned alternative provider discussions failed leaving no time for tendering. Placing this interim call off contract now, will allow the Contracting Authority to be able to compete the full Defence Chart printing and fulfilment services, under a new FTS contract award notice, and for a much longer period i.e. over an estimated 3 years. At the same time, the UKHO continues operating, and also continues to meet its Safety of Life at Sea and operational responsibilities to the Royal Navy, by having its safety critical, sea navigational charts printed and delivered to Royal Navy users