Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-08-06
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Queen Elizabeth Class
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 35520000: Parts for warships
Estimated value: 1400000 GBP

Technical requirements: Ship Acquisition, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to place a contract with Liferaft Systems Australia (LSA) for the provision of spare Marine Evacuation System (MES) units consisting of an escape chute and linked life rafts, life rafts and MES training aids consisting of link raft training module, desktop training module and vacuum release pump training units (such components being the ‘Goods’ and such contract being the ‘Contract’). The Goods are manufactured by LSA who are the design authority and original equipment manufacturer. The Contract has an estimated value of 1 400 000 GBP (one million, four hundred thousand pounds) and a duration of 1 (one) year.
It is considered that the Contract can be entered into using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(3)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (Regulation 16(1)(b)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). This is because obliging the MOD to procure similar goods from a manufacturer other than LSA would result in the procured goods having different technical characteristics to the Goods, which would result in incompatibility between the existing Goods and any new goods, and would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operating and maintaining the existing installation which would compromise the integrity of the operational performance of the systems. The MES is a critical safety-to-life ship system and it is required for the ship to operate under SOLAS regulations.
Ship Acquisition, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to place a contract with Liferaft Systems Australia (LSA) for the provision of spare Marine Evacuation System (MES) units consisting of an escape chute and linked life rafts, life rafts and MES training aids consisting of link raft training module, desktop training module and vacuum release pump training units (such components being the ‘Goods’ and such contract being the ‘Contract’). The Goods are manufactured by LSA who are the design authority and original equipment manufacturer. The Contract has an estimated value of 1 400 000 GBP (one million, four hundred thousand pounds) and a duration of 1 (one) year.
It is considered that the Contract can be entered into using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(3)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (Regulation 16(1)(b)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). This is because obliging the MOD to procure similar goods from a manufacturer other than LSA would result in the procured goods having different technical characteristics to the Goods, which would result in incompatibility between the existing Goods and any new goods, and would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operating and maintaining the existing installation which would compromise the integrity of the operational performance of the systems. The MES is a critical safety-to-life ship system and it is required for the ship to operate under SOLAS regulations.
It is also considered that the Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. LSA is the only economic operator with the necessary technical know-how, proprietary processes and equipment-specific tooling and test equipment to supply the Goods. Further, LSA maintains configuration of the technical data and information necessary to produce the MES.
Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at: www.contracts.mod.uk The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation. GO Reference: GO-201682-DCB-8571035.


Award value: 1400000