Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece

Opportunity overview

The Air Crew Equipment Delivery Team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, (“the Authority”) intends to award a Contract ACCOMM/00032 for the provision of In Ear Communication Devices (IECD) to Marlborough Communications Ltd (MCL) for a period of three (3) years. The contract is for the Supply of Vented Aviation Moulded Protection Earpiece for use with Aircrew Protective Helmets. The Authority requires additional supplies and service of the Vented Aviation Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(b)(i)(aa) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.

Awarded to

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Marlborough Communications Ltd

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Contract value: £3.2m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 24 Mar 2025
Award ID: 017530-2026-1
Status: active
Location: Redhill, UK, RH1 5DZ, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV32570000 — Communications equipment

Lots

The contract is for the Supply of Vented Aviation Moulded Protection Earpiece for use with Aircrew Protective Helmets. The Authority requires additional supplies and service of the Vented Aviation Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece. MCL is a sole distributor and is exclusively responsible for all distribution and support of the Advanced Communication Solutions Ltd (ACL) products and services to the UK MOD. ACL are the approved Design Organisation (DO) for the articles and own the Design Rights for the articles which fulfil the requirement and integrate with Aircrew communication across multiple Aircrew Systems. ACL hold the necessary Design Approved Organisation Scheme accreditation to meet Airworthiness requirements with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations ensuring continued support of this equipment to the required safely levels. Using different IECD from another OEM would result in goods with different technical characteristics and therefore incompatibility with those supplied by MCL in use across multiple Aircrew Systems.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: VTN-ACCOMM/00032
Status: complete
Main Procurement Category: goods
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Why this procedure was chosen: The contract is for the Supply of Vented Aviation Moulded Protection Earpiece for use with Aircrew Protective Helmets. The Authority requires additional supplies and service of the Vented Aviation Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece. MCL is a sole distributor and is exclusively responsible for all distribution and support of the Advanced Communication Solutions Ltd (ACL) products and services to the UK MOD. ACL are the approved Design Organisation (DO) for the articles and own the Design Rights for the articles which fulfil the requirement and integrate with Aircrew communication across multiple Aircrew Systems. ACL hold the necessary Design Approved Organisation Scheme accreditation to meet Airworthiness requirements with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations ensuring continued support of this equipment to the required safely levels. Using different IECD from another OEM would result in goods with different technical characteristics and therefore incompatibility with those supplied by MCL in use across multiple Aircrew Systems. In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). 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 (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(b)(i)(aa) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. ACL hold the necessary Design Approved Organisation Scheme accreditation to meet Airworthiness requirements with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations ensuring continued support of this equipment to the required safely levels, ACL will not directly contract with the Authority and will only distribute goods via MCL.

Legal basis

Id: 32009L0081
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 32570000
Description: Communications equipment

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id: D_PROC_NEGOTIATED_PRIOR_CALL_COMPETITION
Description: No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice

Entry 2

Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id: D_TECHNICAL
Description: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Entry 3

Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id: D_ADD_DELIVERIES_ORDERED
Description: Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: The contract is for the Supply of Vented Aviation Moulded Protection Earpiece for use with Aircrew Protective Helmets. The Authority requires additional supplies and service of the Vented Aviation Vented Aviation Moulded Protection (VAMP) earpiece. MCL is a sole distributor and is exclusively responsible for all distribution and support of the Advanced Communication Solutions Ltd (ACL) products and services to the UK MOD. ACL are the approved Design Organisation (DO) for the articles and own the Design Rights for the articles which fulfil the requirement and integrate with Aircrew communication across multiple Aircrew Systems. ACL hold the necessary Design Approved Organisation Scheme accreditation to meet Airworthiness requirements with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations ensuring continued support of this equipment to the required safely levels. Using different IECD from another OEM would result in goods with different technical characteristics and therefore incompatibility with those supplied by MCL in use across multiple Aircrew Systems.
Has Options: Yes

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Type: price
Name: Lowest price

Options

Description: 1 (one) Year Option.

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 32570000
Description: Communications equipment

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Ministry of Defence, DE&S
Id: GB-FTS-175570

Identifier

Legal Name: Ministry of Defence, DE&S

Address

Street Address: Abbey Wood , Bristol
Locality: Bristol
Region: UK
Postal Code: BS34 8JH
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Angela Organ
Email: angela.organ102@mod.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: http://www.contracts.mod.uk ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Id: MINISTRY
Description: Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

Entry 2

Scheme: COFOG
Id: 02
Description: Defence

Organisation 2

Name: Marlborough Communications Ltd
Id: GB-FTS-175571

Identifier

Legal Name: Marlborough Communications Ltd

Address

Street Address: 1 Perrywood Business Park Honeycrock Lane
Locality: Redhill
Region: UK
Postal Code: RH1 5DZ
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme

Organisation 3

Name: Ministry of Defence
Id: GB-FTS-175572

Identifier

Legal Name: Ministry of Defence

Address

Street Address: Abbey Wood, Filton.
Locality: Bristol
Postal Code: BS34 8JH
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 017530-2026-1
Status: active
Has Subcontracting: Yes

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-175571
Name: Marlborough Communications Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 017530-2026-1
Award ID: 017530-2026-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 24 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount: 3,209,826.67
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Bristol · UK · BS34 8JH · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

017530-2026award, contract · 26 Feb 2026, 15:58