Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-03-02
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Support Programmes (OSP)
Country: UK
Region: Warwickshire
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35400000: Military vehicles and associated parts
Estimated value: 10000000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Protected Mobility Vehicles Programme (‘PMVP’), as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (‘MoD’), intends to extend the contract for Post Design Services (‘PDS’) for the Foxhound vehicle with Force Protection Europe Ltd. This contract was 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 of The Council (Regulation 16(1) (a) (ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011).
This is because, Force Protection Europe Ltd, as manufacturers of the vehicle have exclusive non authority access to the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), original drawings and associated confidential manufacturing data and the underlying technical know-how needed to provide the Design Authority (DA) service required as part of the PDS contract. All modifications to the platform must be underwritten by the DA in order to provide the Authority with the required assurances that the proposed modifications will not compromise either operational effectiveness or the safety of the platform. Without access to the DA data, any modifications developed by a third party would need to be supported by a completely new Safety Case at considerable time and expense to provide the necessary confidence that the integrity of the vehicles has not been compromised. This additional obligation would result in technical and safety difficulties which would have an immediate impact on the effectiveness of operations together with an adverse impact on time and cost. The existing PDS Contract currently expires on the 31.7.2017 and once extended will expire on the 31.3.2018. The extension is required to provide continuity of contractual support pending the potential placement of the Protected Mobility Strategic Support Supplier (‘PM SSS’) contract. with the intention being that Extant PDS support arrangements will then either be terminated or will be novated to the successful PM SSS bidder with effect from 1.4.2017.
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.
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-2016226-DCB-7819591.


Number of bids: 1