Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-06-15
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Infrastructure Programme (OIP)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50100000
Estimated value: 55000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Provision of a manufacture and in-service support contract for the Modular Gap Crossing Capability (MGCC) to maintain support to existing fleet.
Provision of a manufacture and in-service support contract for the Modular Gap Crossing Capability (MGCC) to support the existing fleet. Manufacture of 17 bridge sets and the following In-Service Support required — including spares provision, repairs, maintenance, testing and post design services.
Through the auspices of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP) MOD has implemented the Cyber Security Model (CSM) which introduces a cyber protection process in all new procurement involving the handling of MOD identifiable information. This contract has been identified as being in scope of the CSM and has been assessed as a very low cyber risk level.
The operational infrastructure team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a single source contract with WFEL Ltd. to manufacture and supply 17 medium girder bridge sets and provide a modular, hand-built, air-droppable gap crossing capability for light and medium forces. In addition to this, WFEL Ltd. will provide in-service support for this capability, including repairs and modification. The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years with 5 additional option years and will have an estimated value of GBP 55 million (ex VAT).
It is considered that this contract can be placed with WFEL Ltd. using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (and Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (SI (1848)) on the basis that the contract may be awarded only to WFEL Ltd. for technical reasons. WFEL Ltd alone has access to the specific technical know-how, tools, equipment and technical documentation required for the performance of the contract and to maintain interoperability with the currently installed bridge sets.
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-2020611-DCB-16722193


Winner: WFEL Ltd
Award value: 55000000