Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-03-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 71320000
Estimated value: 11500000 GBP

Technical requirements: Design Services support for the TERRIER System, covering 60 vehicles, with Ancillaries including the Route Marking System (“RMS”), and Route Clearing System (“RCS”), Training Aids, and the Learning Management System, in line with the existing contract terms and conditions.
The Vehicle Support Team — Armoured Tracks Portfolio (“VST-ATP”), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MOD”), intends to amend an existing contract (Ref. No. AVPISP/00003) with BAE Global Combat Systems Limited (“BAES GCS”) to include Design Services support for the TERRIER System, covering 60 vehicles, with Ancillaries including the Route Marking System (“RMS”), and Route Clearing System (“RCS”), Training Aids, and the Learning Management System, in line with the existing contract terms and conditions. The amendment will be for the remaining duration of contract expiring 31.12.2019 with 5 x 1 year options, and the estimated value of the contract amendment is 11 500 000 GBP.
This is an addition to the Armoured Vehicle Programmes/In Service Platform Design Services Contract AVPISP/00003.
It is considered that this contract can be amended using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in accordance with Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. BAES GCS is the only economic operator with the required expertise to carry out the design services to fulfil the MOD operational requirements.
The TERRIER is a complex automated vehicle, which can also be operated remotely. BAES GCS has in-depth detailed understanding of the design, structure and interfaces of the automation systems from initial manufacture to the current version and is therefore the only economic operator able to safely modify the platform software and any equipment firmware changes. BAES GCS is the only company with the necessary detailed knowledge of the operational performance and historical configuration of these vehicles in order to undertake ongoing design services.
It would therefore be technically impractical for another economic operator to fulfil this requirement without introducing a disproportionate technical safety risk to the TERRIER platform. This would also fail to achieve the required MOD operational requirements.
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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-2018321-DCB-12105969.


Winner: BAE Systems Land UK Global Combat Systems
Award value: 11500000