Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-04-10
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Commodities Project Team (AC PT)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 34731000: Aircraft engine parts
Estimated value: 800000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Secretary of State for Defence (“the Authority”) intends to enter into a contract for a period of 2 years with an option for a further year, with Ultra Electronics Ltd for the procurement of post design services and spares inclusive repair for 5G test equipment used in the support of Hawk aircraft.
It is considered that this contract can be procured using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a Contract Notice 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). This is due to technical reasons.
Technical reasons mean it would be impossible for any other economic operator to undertake the work required within this proposed contract and timeframe. The need to obtain the necessary licenses, tools, test equipment and to develop technical expertise to undertake PDS activities, manufacture spares and undertake repairs means that carrying out this requirement would not be possible in the timeframe required by any economic operator other than Ultra Electronics Ltd. A delay to the provision of this requirement would impact the users’ ability to operate the affected equipment in the proposed period of contracting, which could realistically result in lost capability and aircraft being grounded.
Another economic operator would not have the knowledge and in-use reliability data to be able to undertake fault investigations which could result in the grounding of aircraft. In addition as they are not the component design organisation they would also be unable to carry out associated investigations on this equipment. Any new equipment to replace that produced by Ultra Electronics Ltd, would have to be approved by a variety of TAAs which cannot be guaranteed to occur within the proposed period of contracting if at all. As a result, Ultra Electronics Ltd is the only company able to fulfil the full requirement that is being pursued by the Authority.
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-201945-DCB-14771363


Winner: Ultra Electronics Ltd, Precision Control Systems
Award value: 800000