Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2017-07-11
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Chinook Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 34711500: Military aeroplanes
Estimated value: 50000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Radio Frequency Defensive Aid Suite Chinook Sky Guardian 200 Digital Radar Warning Receiver Integration.
This contract is to replace the obsolete Sky Guardian 200 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) with the updated Sky Guardian 200 Digital RWR.
This contracts is to replace the obsolete Sky Guardian 200 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) with the updated Sky Guardian 200 Digital RWR.
The Authority requires the integration of Sky Guardian 200-Digital (SG200-D), a replacement Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), onto the Chinook Fleet. The Authority intends to place a contract with Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) for the platform integration of the SG200-D onto Chinook Mk 5 (Lot 4), Mk6 (Lot 5) and Mk6A (Lot 1, 2, 3). BDUK will carry out integration, test and evaluation, and project management. It is anticipated that engineering and support work (consisting of design, certification and qualification) will be carried out by The Boeing Company Limited as a Sub-Contractor to BDUK. The Authority anticipates that the system integration of SG200-D will be subcontracted by BDUK to Leonardo MW Ltd (Airborne and Space Systems).
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the EU Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The Boeing Company Limited are the original equipment manufacturers of the Chinook Aircraft and the appointed Design Organisation (DO) for the Chinook Aircraft in accordance with Regulatory Article 5101 Design Approved Organization Scheme (DAOS) approval procedures and responsibilities. The Authority believes that the integration, test and evaluation, and project management can only be carried out by BDUK and that the engineering and support work can only be carried out by The Boeing Company Limited. This is because The Boeing Company Limited hold relevant skills, technical data, drawing and design information, and are not prepared to share or licence the use of that information outside the Boeing group of companies (of which BDUK is part). The aforementioned skills, technical data, drawing and design information are necessary for the performance of those activities which will be carried out by BDUK and The Boeing Company. Furthermore, only BDUK hold the level of certification (under the Authority's Contractor Flying Approved Organisation Scheme) necessary to carry out flight trials of the modified mission systems. It is not possible for another company to obtain the relevant level of certification without access to the skills, knowledge and technical information that only The Boeing Company hold.
It is anticipated that BDUK will sub contract the system integration of the SG200-D into the Chinook platform's existing Defensive Aid systems to Leonardo MW Ltd (Airborne and Space Systems). This activity consists of engineering work, testing, publications and training support. The Authority believes that this system integration can only be carried out by Leonardo MW Ltd as only they possess the technical know-how and hold relevant technical data, sub-system rigs, drawing and design information required for this activity. Leonardo MW Ltd are not prepared to licence the aforementioned information so as to enable a third party to carry out the work.
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-201777-DCB-10589128.


Winner: Boeing Defence UK Limited
Award value: 50000000