Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2017-06-30
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Queen Elizabeth Class
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35520000: Parts for warships
Estimated value: 1600000 GBP

Technical requirements: Initial Provisioning Spares for Queen Elizabeth Class Carrier — High Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC).
The Contract covers the supply of components for (‘the Systems’) comprising the following: Auto-Flame Protection Screen, Flashproof-Screen, Motor For Radial Fan, Flat Filter Cells, V-Belt SPA Profile (‘the Goods’). The contract has an estimated value of 1 600 000 GBP (One million and six hundred thousand pounds) and a duration of 2 (two) years.
Ship Acquisition, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), proposes to place a contract with Aerius Marine GmbH (Company Registration Number I8566) (‘the Company’) for Initial Provisioning Spares for the High Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems (‘the Systems’), which have been manufactured and installed by the Company on the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) Aircraft Carriers.
The Contract covers the supply of components for (‘the Systems’) comprising the following: Auto-Flame Protection Screen, Flashproof-Screen, Motor For Radial Fan, Flat Filter Cells, V-Belt SPA Profile (‘the Goods’). The contract has an estimated value of 1 600 000 GBP (One million and six hundred thousand pounds) and a duration of 2 (two) years.
Ship Acquisition, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), proposes to place a contract with Aerius Marine GmbH (Company Registration Number I8566) (‘the Company’) for Initial Provisioning Spares for the High Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems (‘the Systems’), which have been manufactured and installed by the Company on the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) Aircraft Carriers.
The Contract covers the supply of components for (‘the Systems’) comprising the following: Auto-Flame Protection Screen, Flashproof-Screen, Motor For Radial Fan, Flat Filter Cells, V-Belt SPA Profile (‘the Goods’). The contract has an estimated value of 1 600 000 GBP (One million and six hundred thousand pounds) and a duration of 2 (two) years.
The Systems are subject to on-going design iterations. If the spares were procured from another manufacturer they would have different technical characteristics and, due to the continuing evolution of the Systems, could place the safety of the crews and equipment at risk and would undermine system acceptance. It is therefore 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)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
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-2017628-DCB-10527469.


Winner: Aerius Marine GmbH
Award value: 1600000