Expired contract

Ship Broker Support Requirement

Details

Buyer: Ministry of Defence
Supplier(s): Braemar ACM Shipbroking Limited
Value: £200,000
Duration: 7 years
Topic: Ship brokerage services
Published: 21 February 2018
Source: ContractsFinder

Tender description

Summary of Requirements / Description of Work: Ship brokerage services. The Authority has a requirement to undertake a procurement process to award a Single Supplier Framework Agreement to a Ship Brokerage for Ship Broker Support. This procurement process is being undertaken by the Defence Fuels Acquisition Programme (DFAP) Team on behalf of the Authority who require the ability to have access to current shipping market intelligence; ship chartering expertise; available charter shipping in the different sectors (ship sizes and cargoes) and access to ship owners. Additionally, the Authority requires the agility to respond to new requirements in a flexible and proactive way by accessing options in the market place in a swift and decisive manner in order to secure available shipping in a timely fashion. This procurement process falls in accordance with Defence Security Procurement Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011, however the estimated value falls below the threshold value and is therefore is being undertaken outside of the regulations.

Timeline

Completed: Award date20 February 2018
Completed: Award published21 February 2018
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date1 March 2025

About the buyer

The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plans, builds and maintains the defence estate separately from equipment procurement. Suppliers can register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, the department's end-to-end eProcurement system for contract opportunities. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

63522000 · Ship brokerage services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov