Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-05-12
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Country: UK
Region: SVERIGE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 38115100
Estimated value:  SEK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Provision of Contractor Logistical Support (CLS) for Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA).
Radar surveillance equipment. The Provision of Contractor Logistical Support (CLS) for Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA).
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28 (1) (e) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16 (1) (a) (ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The MAMBA system is a weapon locating radar designed, developed and supported by SAAB AB. Only SAAB AB has at its disposal the designs, expertise, knowledge and skills necessary to carry out the Contractor Logistic Support (CLS). As the Design Authority, SAAB AB also underwrites the system as a whole with an unlimited value safety case. Any work carried out to the system by a third party would have to be supported by a completely new safety case which would result in substantial technical and safety difficulties along with a disproportionate impact on time and expense in order to provide the MoD with the necessary assurances that the system had not been compromised.
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From 2.4.2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise.
Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2016510-DCB-8183620.


Number of bids: 1