Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-06-13
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50210000: Repair and maintenance of aircraft
Estimated value: 699000 GBP

Technical requirements: Servicios de reparación y mantenimiento y servicios asociados relacionados con aeronaves y otros equipos
Services de réparation, d'entretien et services connexes relatifs aux aéronefs et à d'autres équipements
This is not a request for expressions of interest, so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.
The Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a contract with Intepro UK for PDS, Maintenance and Repair of Power Supply Unit Automatic Test Equipment (PSUATE) for a period of 3 years, commencing July 2019.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication, this is pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 of the European Parliament and of the Council, because competition is absent for technical reasons.
Intepro UK hold the copyright for the software required to operate the PSUATE, they have supported and maintained the equipment for approximately 25 years and have the specialist skills, experience, knowledge and test equipment to continue with the support. The MOD does not have any rights in the software or documentation to be able to pass these to another contractor. The MOD do not hold the source code and any attempts to independently produce equivalent software would introduce significant risk of error, as this equipment is used to test various aircraft power supply units, this approach would introduce unacceptable risk to aircraft safety and airworthiness. It would also add in a considerable lead time which would mean the Authority’s requirement could not be met in the timescales required with the consequence that the MOD could lose the capability to repair and test various units ultimately leading to grounded aircraft. Therefore, Intepro UK are considered to be the only economic operator technically capable of providing this requirement.
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-2019610-DCB-14979889


Winner: Intepro UK Ltd
Award value: 699000