Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-11-14
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35700000: Military electronic systems | 72317000: Data storage services | 80660000
Estimated value: 25000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Training Simulation Systems Programme within Defence Equipment and Support, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to place with Cubic Defence UK (CDUK) a 3-year contract with an additional 4 one-year option years for the provision of the managed service of SCOPIC 2. SCOPIC 2 provides a synthetic wrap service in the UK, Kenya and Canada. The capability will provide a technical service and associated products that can be configured to deliver an effective solution that enables the training requirements of training exercises. SCOPIC 2 is also a fundamental component of the Army’s Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) capability and strategy. SCOPIC 2 therefore provides battlefield capabilities that are difficult to replicate in live collective training and are replaced by simulation.
Description of these options: upon fulfilling the initial provision of the 3-year contract term, up to an additional 4 years could be exercised by the authority. The authority retains the right to exercise this total option duration wholly, or in batches of years or as single years. The authority is under no obligation to exercise the right to the options if it deems inappropriate to do so.
It is considered that this contract can be placed 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)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 (DSPCR)) due to an absence of tenders. MoD competed the SCOPIC 2 Contract following the Negotiated procedure under DSPCR. Out of the 4 tenderers who received the ITN, 3 of them withdrew from the competition leaving only CDUK remaining. Therefore, the requirement will continue as a single source requirement. CDUK have the specific skills, know-how and experience in providing the necessary contractor logistic support and post design services to support and upgrade the equipment when required.
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-20191111-DCB-15555937


Winner: Cubic Defence UK Ltd
Award value: 25000000