Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-08-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Platform Systems (MPS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 39721320
Estimated value: 4500000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Marine Systems Support Output Business Unit (MSS), within the Defence Equipment and Support organisation (DE and S) which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to place a contract for Post Design Services, Repairs and Overhaul, and Spares Supply for HP Desiccant Air Dryers with Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Limited (PH) for a period of 5 years
The Marine Systems Support Output Business Unit (MSS), within the Defence Equipment and Support organisation (DE and S) which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to place a contract for Post Design Services, Repairs and Overhaul, and Spares Supply for HP Desiccant Air Dryers with Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Limited (PH) for a period of 5 years.
It is considered that this requirement can be placed 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 as the contract may be awarded only to PH.
The HP Desiccant Air Dryers are installed on Royal Navy Ships and Submarines. PH are the manufacturer of the relevant HP Desiccant Air Dryers in relation to this requirement. The contract can only be performed by PH because they hold the necessary technical knowhow including technical data, technical overhaul specifications and manufacturing design codes that are necessary for performing this requirement. Without access to this information no other contractor could safely maintain this equipment, or safely support this equipment within the current integrated system. PH spares must be used as no other equipment can be tested and safely integrated with the other equipment. In addition, the technical information held by PH is necessary for performing this requirement to the mandated safety levels. Due to the hazards intrinsic to the equipment, failure to use PH could lead to significant safety issues.
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-2018820-DCB-13045571


Winner: Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Limited
Award value: 4500000