Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2017-03-28
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Aircraft Commodities Project Team (AC PT)
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 34328100
Estimated value: 8709834 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Air Commodities Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Teradyne Limited for the upgrade of the hardware for Teradyne Test Equipment due to an obsolescence issue.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b(ii)) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of The Council (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the UK Public Contracts Regulations of 2015). This is because there is a necessity to use specific know-how, tools and means which are only available to Teradyne.
The Air Commodities Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Teradyne Limited for the upgrade of the hardware for Teradyne Test Equipment due to an obsolescence issue.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b(ii)) of Directive 2014/24/EU (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the UK Public Contracts Regulations of 2015). This is because there is a necessity to use specific know-how, tools and means which are only available to Teradyne.
The Teradyne Test Equipment hardware has an obsolescence issue created as a result of a software upgrade. The obsolescence issue must be rectified to ensure the Test Equipment can continue to test equipment to identify faults and facilitate repair. Failure to do so would result in the department not being able to identify fault and repair equipment. As a result, there is a specific safety requirement which must be fulfilled to ensure the safe functioning of the Armed Forces. Teradyne are the Original Equipment Manufacturer for the Teradyne Test Equipment and are the only economic operator that can upgrade the hardware of the Test Equipment within the required timeframe as they are the only economic operator with the know-how, tools and means to meet the requirement in the timeframes. Due to the age and uniqueness of the equipment, Teradyne are the subject matter experts in the equipment covered by the contract and have built up a significant amount of experience and skills which no other economic operator has at their disposal.
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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-2017324-DCB-9868189.


Winner: Teradyne Limited
Award value: 8709834