Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-11-20
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Infrastructure
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50111000: Fleet management and maintenance services
Estimated value: 100000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services. Power Capability Extension (PCE) seeks to manage the provision of General Purpose Power (GPP) as an interim solution between the end of the two contracts that provide the current provision for capability in July 2022 and the delivery of the replacement provision, Manoeuvre Power (Man-P), in 2027 (estimated). Man-P is scoped to combine the two GPP requirements into a single provision and is anticipated to be a competitive procurement.
GPP provides support for equipment including electrical power generators across the 2 kW to 40 kW range and electrical distribution equipment in 3 and 1 phase variants. It supports numerous applications in the Land Environment; to support command systems, communications equipment and deployable medical facilities. GPP is required in diverse climatic conditions across the world for extended periods and is therefore a key component of the Army’s operating capability.
The PCE fleet of equipment to be supported will be comprised of two components – the first (Component 1) to be provided as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), and the second (Component 2) to be met solely by the PCE Contractor.
The contract duration will be for 6 (six) years, but with options to extend by up to a further 4 (four) years, to a maximum duration of 10 (ten) years:
— maximum of 1 (one) year from contract award to set up the service and physically transition equipment to the contractor, to commence full CFA in July 2022,
Operational Infrastructure, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a new contract, OI/0064 Power Capability Extension (PCE).
The new PCE contract seeks to manage the provision of General Purpose Power (GPP) as an interim support solution in order to transition to Manoeuvre Power (Man-P). Man- P will combine GPP requirements into a single provision, which is anticipated to a be a competitive procurement in 2027 (estimated).
The PCE support contract shall be for a period of up to 6 years (4 Option years) to provide in-service support until the new Manoeuvre Power capability is in service. It is anticipated that the contract value will be GBP 65 million for the 6 year term, rising to an additional GBP 35 million, should all option years be invoked.
It is considered that current competition is cancelled and the PCE contract can be placed with the current incumbent, Powerfield Limited (T/A Rolls Royce Distributed Generation Systems) 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 Contract Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This is because Powerfield Ltd (T/A Rolls Royce Distributed Generation Systems was the only successful supplier to pass the Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) stage. Therefore, only Powerfield Ltd (T/A Rolls Royce Distributed Generation Systems) has the technical capability, knowledge, resources and ability to manage the provision of GPP.
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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-20201116-DCB-17374055


Winner: Powerfield Ltd (T/A Rolls-Royce DGS)
Award value: 100000000