Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-04-04
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Warship Support
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 72313000: Data capture services
Estimated value: 35000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Royal Navy Surface Ships and Submarines Operational Signature Ranging and Assessment In-Service Contract
Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice for the Royal Navy Surface Ships and Submarines Operational Signature Ranging and Assessment In-Service Contract.
1. The Warship Support Central Engineering Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a 10 year contract with QinetiQ for Signature Ranging and Assessment. It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without 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) for technical reasons. This is because the Subject Matter Expertise to operate the ranges to capture the required data and then to process, analyse and otherwise manipulate that data captured to make sensible and qualified judgements on how best to optimise the onboard systems to minimise the vessels signatures resides with QinetiQ.
To operate the ranges to capture the required data and then to process, analyse and otherwise manipulate that data captured to make sensible and qualified judgements on how best to optimise the onboard systems to minimise the vessels signatures.
Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice for the Royal Navy Surface Ships and Submarines Operational Signature Ranging and Assessment In-Service Contract.
1. The Warship Support Central Engineering Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a 10 year contract with QinetiQ for Signature Ranging and Assessment. It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without 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) for technical reasons. This is because the Subject Matter Expertise to operate the ranges to capture the required data and then to process, analyse and otherwise manipulate that data captured to make sensible and qualified judgements on how best to optimise the onboard systems to minimise the vessels signatures resides with QinetiQ.
2. The term of the contract is for 10 years. The estimated value of this contract over 10 years is 35 000 000 GBP (Thirty Five Million Pounds Sterling).
3. the contract will cover Signature Ranging to provide information to the platforms, FLEET, Capability Support, DE and S and other signature responsible areas as appropriate in order to:
a. verify that all platforms have been built, upgraded or refitted to their specified Acceptance Criteria;
b. monitor the signature status of In-Service platforms to ensure they are in an acceptable material condition (defects are often identified during acoustic ranging);
f. establish signature baselines for new build or upgraded platforms. Support contract acceptance for new builds or platform signature upgrades;
5. This VEAT Notice is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EoI) 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 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-201843-DCB-12163885.


Winner: QinetiQ
Award value: 35000000