Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-05-16
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 34710000: Helicopters and aeroplanes
Estimated value: 1500000 GBP

Technical requirements: Gazelle AH Mk1 UK Modifications support including provision of Post Design Services and Maintenance of Technical Publications.
Gazelle AH Mk1 UK Modifications Support from 1.4.2019 until 31.3.2022. The support is to include the provision of Post Design Services, the maintenance of Technical Publications and the provision of Additional Tasking.
It is anticipated that the Contract will include an option to extend the duration of the Contract by 3 years from 31.3.2022 until 31.3.2025.
The Authority requires Support of the UK only modifications installed on its Gazelle Helicopter Fleet. The Authority intends to place a contract with Leonardo Helicopters (LH) to undertake engineering and support work (consisting of design and engineering advice, certification and qualification of modifications, supply of Spares, Repair and Overhaul). It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication 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 EU Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. LH are the original equipment manufacturers of the UK only modifications fitted on the UK Gazelle Aircraft and LH are the appointed Platform Design Organisation (DO) for the Gazelle Aircraft in accordance with Regulatory Article 5101 Design Approved Organization Scheme (DAOS) approval procedures and responsibilities. The Authority believes that the UK Mods. Support and Project Management can only be carried out by LH. This is because they hold relevant skills, technical data, drawing and design information, and are not prepared to share or licence the use of that information outside of the Leonardo group of companies (of which LH is part). The aforementioned skills, technical data, drawing and design information are necessary for the performance of those activities which will be carried out by LH.
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. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
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-2018514-DCB-12417875.


Winner: Leonardo MW Ltd
Award value: 1500000