Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-04-05
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Lynx Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50660000
Estimated value: 9000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Provision of Support to Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) installed in Chinook and Wildcat Helicopters. Support comprises repair and maintenance of HUMS equipment, Post Design Services (PDS), Obsolescence Management and Spares Procurement.
The Authority has a requirement for support to the Generic Health Usage and Monitoring System (HUMS) fitted to Chinook and Wildcat Helicopters comprising repair and maintenance, post design services, obsolescence management and spares procurement.
HELSLW0005 is subject to DEFCON 658 — Cyber and DEFSTAN 05-138 — Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers. A Cyber Risk Assessment has been carried out by the Project Team and a risk level of “Low” has been identified (Reference: RAR-6YAD5ANE).
In order for a supplier to demonstrate their compliance MoD has created Octavian. This is an online tool that enables suppliers to complete a Supplier Assurance Questionnaire (SAQ). Further information on compliance can be found at the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership.
Defence Equipment and Support Wildcat Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) intends to award a 5-year Contracts to GE Aviation Systems Limited for support to the Generic Health Usage and Monitoring System (HUMS). This will comprise Repair and Maintenance, Post Design Services, Obsolescence Management and Spares Procurement. for Wildcat and Chinook Helicopter platforms.
It is considered the Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 18(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulation 2011) which relates to when, for technical reasons or for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights. This system is solely proprietary to GE Aviation Systems Limited and Core PDS Support cannot be provided by anyone else. GE Aviation are a Design Approved Organisation Scheme (DAOS) with the scope for the Design Development and Certification of the following products and services under contract with the Ministry of Defence: Engine Monitoring Systems, Helicopter Rotor Track and Balance Systems, Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS). It is the Technical opinion of LWEngAuthLd, LWPT QA and LWPT Safety that GE Aviation are the only contractor that can provide HUMS PDS and R and M services in the most “ALARP” manner for technical safety. Under Competition any other Supplier will not possess the appropriate certification or be suitably qualified to provide this service to the Authority.
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:
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Winner: GE Aviation Systems Limited
Award value: 9000000