Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-02-24
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50211100: Aircraft maintenance services
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The provision of post design services, supply of modification sets and preparation and supply of amendments to Aircraft technical publications for the Tucano T Mk 1 Aircraft
The provision of post design services, supply of modification sets and preparation and supply of amendments to Aircraft technical publications for the Tucano T Mk 1 Aircraft including additional tasking as required.
1. The United Kingdom Military Flight Training System which is part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”) intends to extend the existing contract dated 4.2.2013 with Bombardier Aerospace Short Brothers P.L.C. (“the Company”) for the provision of post design services, supply of modification sets and preparation and supply of amendments to aircraft technical publications for the Tucano T Mk 1 Aircraft;
2. The current term of the contract is 7 years expiring on 31.3.2018. The Authority intends to extend the term of the contract for a period of 19 months until 31.10.2019. The total value of the contract extension is estimated to be circa GBP 2000 000 over the duration of the contract extension, bringing the estimated total value of the contract to GBP 4 700 000.
All values stated in this Voluntary Transparency notice are indicative only. The Contract extension has not been awarded.
1. The United Kingdom Military Flight Training System which is part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”) intends to extend the existing contract dated 4.2.2013 with Bombardier Aerospace Short Brothers P.L.C. (“the Company”) for the provision of post design services, supply of modification sets and preparation and supply of amendments to aircraft technical publications for the Tucano T Mk 1 Aircraft;
2. The current term of the contract is 7 years expiring on 31.3.2018. The Authority intends to extend the term of the contract for a period of 19 months until 31.10.2019. The total value of the contract extension is estimated to be circa GBP 2 000 000 over the duration of the contract extension, bringing the estimated total value of the contract to GBP 4 700 000.
3. 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 regulation 16 (1) (a) (ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 on the basis that the contract may only be awarded to the Company for technical reasons. This is because: The Company is the only economic operator that possesses the necessary skills, knowledge, and expertise to meet the Authority’s requirement in the timescale required; and to place the contract with another supplier would introduce material and different technical characteristics which will result in incompatibility difficulties in operating and maintaining the equipment together with a disproportionate impact on costs and the logistics to ensure maintenance and operations. It is for these reasons listed above that only the Company can perform the contract.
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-2018223-DCB-11959703.


Winner: Short Brothers PLC
Award value: 2000000