Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-01-26
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Commodities Project Team (AC PT)
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 34731000: Aircraft engine parts | 50200000 | 50210000: Repair and maintenance of aircraft
Estimated value: 8000000 GBP

Technical requirements: HAWK: Provision of Spares inclusive repair, procurement of spares and post design services for Hawk TMUK1/1A Air Start System.
Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment. Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft and other equipment. Parts for aircraft. The provision of a Support Solution for the Hawk T Mk1/ T Mk1a aircraft Air Start System.
The requirement is to appoint a single Contractor, for a period of 4 years with options to extend to 6 years, to act as the Design Organisation (DO) for the Air Start System by providing but not limited to;
Production and maintenance of Design Records, Air Publications; Equipment Safety Cases; Design Certificates;
Post Design Services [e.g. Upkeep of Design Records, Air Publications (Vol 123&5F), Equipment safety Cases, Investigations, Obsolescence Mgmt, etc];
Items to be repaired and/or maintained are Hawk TMK1/1A Air Start System. The successful bidder must be able to demonstrate that all relevant licences, approvals and clearances required to enable the parts to be fitted to RAF aircraft will be in place from the contract start date (estimated 1.1.2015).
The Air Commodities Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a Contract to Turbo Mecca UK for a Spares Inclusive Repair contract with In-Service Spares and Post Design Services elements, to support the Hawk T Mk1/1A Air Start System for a maximum period of 6 years commencing 01 January 2015.It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(b) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(f)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) of 2011). Under Contract Notice 2014/S 113 198886 dated 09/06/2014 and following the assessment of the pre-qualification questionnaire, Turbo Mecca UK were identified as being the only company processing the technical capability to undertake the requirement. The terms of the original contract will not be substantially altered.
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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-2016125-DCB-7627951.


Winner: TurboMeca UK
Number of bids: 1