Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-02-27
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) Project Team
Country: UK
Region: York
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 50211100: Aircraft maintenance services
Estimated value: 80000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The UK Ministry of Defence (UKMOD) intends to place a contract single source for Tucano In Service Support with Babcock Aerospace Limited for a period of 1 year from 1.4.2016. The UKMOD considers it can do this under regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) for technical reasons because Babcock is the only company with the necessary skills, knowledge and expertise in Tucano to meet the UKMOD's requirement and in the time scales it requires. To place the contract with another supplier for an ageing aircraft with an Out of Service Date of 31.10.2019 without the requisite level of knowledge would result in an unacceptable safety risk in the operation of the aircraft and, thereby, unacceptably compromising its operation.
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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.
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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-2016225-DCB-7809073.