Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-07-29
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35723000 | 75220000: Civil defence services | 75221000: Military defence services
Estimated value: 3200000 GBP

Technical requirements: Provision of 10 months in-service support to the Tactical Air Control Centre (TACC) with a further option to extend for 12 months with the design authority for the TACC system, Thales UK Ltd.
The contract shall contain an Option to extend the core support of the Tactical Air Control Centre (TACC) for up to 12 months.
The situational awareness command and control delivery team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Thales UK Ltd (the ‘Contractor’) for the provision of in-service support services, including repair and modification work, in relation to the Tactical Air Control Centre (TACC). The contract is estimated to have a value of up to 3 200 000 GBP and the contract duration will be for a period of 10 months with an option to extend the contract for up to a further 12 months.
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)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Pubic Contracts Regulations 2011) under technical grounds. These technical grounds are namely due to the fact that the contractor, as the design authority has the necessary ‘know how’ to upgrade and modify the system as required to support the operational requirement as a result of technical expertise gained through past experience in supporting and designing the TACC system.
Furthermore, it would be technically impractical for a contractor other than the current contractor to provide the requirement within the required timescales that would not cause a significant detrimental impact on the operational requirement.
The out-of-service date for which has been further extended for a period of 10-12 months whilst the replacement long-term capability is introduced. Only the contractor has the requisite technical knowledge, expertise and access to the necessary technical information required to enable support services to be provided in relation to the equipment as well as to maintain the current safety case.
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-2019725-DCB-15153756


Winner: Thales UK Ltd
Award value: 3200000