Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-10-03
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35420000: Parts of military vehicles
Estimated value: 32400000 GBP

Technical requirements: Babcock DSG Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a contract with Cook Defence Systems Ltd for the supply of Armoured Vehicle Track and Ancillaries. It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Article 28(1) (e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
The UK Ministry of Defence requirement is for the supply of track and ancillaries for AS90, BRV, Bulldog, BV206, Challenger 2, CRARRV, CVRT, Terrier, Titan, Trojan, Viking and Warrior (WR2 Spec) and associated items this requirement is to facilitate the refurbishment and regeneration of the current fleets. The requirements will be met by way of placing a framework agreement and subject to the advertised contract value.
Babcock DSG Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a contract with Cook Defence Systems Ltd for the supply of Armoured Vehicle Track and Ancillaries. It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Article 28(1) (e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The UK Ministry of Defence requirement is for the supply of track and ancillaries for AS90, BRV, Bulldog, BV206, Challenger 2, CRARRV, CVRT, Terrier, Titan, Trojan, Viking and Warrior (WR2 Spec) and associated items this requirement is to facilitate the refurbishment and regeneration of the current fleets. The requirements will be met by way of placing a framework agreement and subject to the advertised contract value.
Babcock DSG Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a contract with Cook Defence Systems Ltd for the supply of Armoured Vehicle Track and Ancillaries. It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Article 28(1) (e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
The UK Ministry of Defence requirement is for the supply of track and ancillaries for AS90, BRV, Bulldog, BV206, Challenger 2, CRARRV, CVRT, Terrier, Titan, Trojan, Viking and Warrior (WR2 Spec) and associated items this requirement is to facilitate the refurbishment and regeneration of the current fleets. The requirements will be met by way of placing a framework agreement and subject to the advertised contract value.
Cook Defence Systems Ltd are the original manufacturer and the owner of the design drawings/information and technical specifications required to supply these items. Cook Defence Systems Ltd has confirmed that it has not shared and will not share the technical data with any third party (including the UK Ministry of Defence). Without access to this technical data, the UK Ministry of Defence is not in a position to be able to identify the exact technical requirements for the supply of these items, without this technical data and knowledge these items cannot be produced safely to the exact standards as defined in the original design and specification, thereby compromising the integrity of the product on safety and performance grounds. As a result, Cook Defence Systems Ltd is the only company with the technical knowhow to be able to fulfill this requirement.
This notice is not a request for expressions of interest, but a notice of Babcock DSG Ltds (acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence) intention to utilise the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication (set out in Regulation 18(2) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) to negotiate a single source contract with Cook Defence Systems Ltd.
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-2019930-DCB-15422289


Winner: Cook Defence Systems Ltd
Award value: 32400000