Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-01-07
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Other
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 73400000
Estimated value:  GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Research and Development services on security and defence materials. The Defence Equipment and Support, Technical Directorate Technology Office intends to award a single source enabling contract to the Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC) at the University of Strathclyde. This contract will provide model based system integration test facility capabilities for Electrical Systems through the use of existing test and evaluation facilities, Real Time Digital Simulation (RTDS) equipment and the inherent subject matter expertise that resides within the PNDC at the
This VTN has been published to show the intention to place a Single Source Contract with Strathclyde University. The Contract has NOT yet been awarded, it is currently at Invitation to Tender Stage. This is a research and development services contract which is following Directive 2009/81/EC (the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) 2011) under Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) and 16 (1) (c)(i) as the activities being procured comprise fundamental and applied research and experimental development. Justification For Non-Competitive Tender: It is considered that the contract can be placed on a non-competitive basis under the above Regulations because: It is for research and development services which will not include the making and qualification of pre-production prototypes, tools and industrial engineering, industrial design or manufacture. For technical reasons. This is because it is deemed that the PNDC at the University of Strathclyde are the only supplier who hold the relevant subject matter expertise in Real Time Digital Simulation modelling and Hardware in the Loop testing for electrical architecture development. In addition, the PNDC hold the required test and evaluation facilities that allow the MOD to leverage investment and developments previously undertaken in academia within the model based systems integration domain that allow the Authority to develop its capabilities.
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From 2 April 2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
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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-201615-DCB-7535671.


Winner: University of Strathclyde Power Networks Demonstration Centre
Number of bids: 1