Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-05-11
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Country: UK
Region: Telford and Wrekin
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50116300
Estimated value: 55000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Remanufacture, Repair and Maintenance of TN15E/E+ & TN54E/ETS Gearboxes, final drives and associated assemblies.
Babcock DSG Limited acting as the Authority's Agent, has a requirement for the remanufacture, repair and maintenance of TN15E/E+ & TN54E/ETS gearboxes and associated assemblies. Babcock intend to award a 3 year plus 2 x 1 option years framework with David Brown Gear Systems Ltd.
Babcock DSG Limited acting as the Authority's Agent, intends to negotiate a single source Contract with David Brown Gear Systems Limited for the Repair of TN15E/E+ & TN54E/ETS Gearboxes and Associated Assemblies.
It is considered that this contract placement 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 of the Council  (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons because David Brown Gear Systems Limited are the only supplier with the specific know-how of the TN15E/E+ & TN54E/ETS Gearboxes to be able to provide the equipment support services required by the UK Ministry of Defence.
David Brown Gear Systems are the proprietary owners of the design for the TN15E/E+ & TN54E/ETS Gearboxes and hold the related design information and technical specifications, data and knowledge. Without access to such design information and technical specifications, data and knowledge, the UK Ministry of Defence is not in a position to be able to identify the exact technical requirements which are required to ensure the safety and suitability of the repairs and that the interoperability of the gearboxes with the platform is not compromised. Neither is the design information and technical specifications, data and knowledge available to any other supplier.
This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. Babcock is to negotiate a single source framework agreement with the named supplier
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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-201656-DCB-8169111.


Award value: 55000000