The Supply of Weighted Bags

Description

Team Leidos are proud to be delivering the logistics commodities and services transformation (LCS(T)) Delivery partner contracts (LCS (T)/0001 dated 16.4.2015) on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (the ‘Prime Contract’). Delivery of other parts of the LCS(T) contract are delivered by Leidos Europe Ltd (LEL) and other partners (together ‘Team Leidos’). This requirement is subject to the Public Procurement Regulations and respective advertising action. Lot 1: Team Leidos are intending to award a contract for the 4 segment weighted bag currently procured directly by MOD. As such, Team Leidos intends to award a 36-month framework to Battle Bag Limited due to their ownership of the patent for the in-service solution. On this basis, it is appropriate to refer to Regulation 32(2) (B) (iii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, which allows for the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication “where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator” where “the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights”.