Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-07-28
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Country: UK
Region: Essex
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 38112100
Estimated value: 20000000 GBP
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: 1. United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (the ‘Authority’) intends to place a contract with Raytheon Systems Limited (company number 00406809) (the ‘Company’) for In-Service Support of the Integrated Navigation Bridge System (INBS) equipment fitted to the Type 45 Destroyer (T45).
2. The term of the contract is for 3 years, for the period Q4 2017 to Q4 2020 with 2 sequential 1 year option periods. The estimated value of this contract over 5 years is 20 000 000 GBP (Twenty Million Pounds Sterling).
3. The contract will cover spares, repairs, post design services, modifications, obsolescence management and resolution of the following parts of the Type 45 INBS:
4. The Authority considers 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 and Regulation Reg 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
a. The T45 INBS is a Safety Critical integrated system which receives and provides key navigation data with other Mission Systems, such as the Combat Management System, and its safe operation is required to enable the T45 Destroyer to undertake its required operations safely and comply with Legislative requirements. Raytheon are the only supplier capable of meeting the T45 INBS requirement as they hold the background IPR on the Processing, HCI and data distribution functionality, technical know how of the system and the only supplier with the appropriate level of system knowledge and SQEP availability.
b. With a Technical Refresh of INBS being required in the very near future it would present an unacceptably high-technical risk to transfer In- Service Support to a third party supplier.
c. The ‘heart’ of the T45 INBS is proprietary to Raytheon, they hold the background IPR on the processing, HCI and data distribution functionality. The MOD will need to update this technology to sustain the mission critical capability of navigation. In order to manage the technical risk we will develop a non-invasive obsolescence management programme and progressively refresh the system. Raytheon have the IPR rights which mean only they can do this work.
5. This VEAT Notice is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EoI) so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.
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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-2016726-DCB-8534431.


Award value: 20000000