Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-09-09
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Apache DT
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
Estimated value: 4272891.35 GBP

Technical requirements: 700008662 — Purchase of Spares for, Repairs to, Training on, Ad Hoc Tasking Relating to and Purchase of Reduced Sized Crashworthy Fuel Systems (RCEFS) and Internal Auxiliary Fuel Systems (IAFS)
The purchase of spares for, repairs to, training on, ad hoc tasking relating to and purchase of new reduced sized crashworthy fuel systems (RCEFS) and internal auxiliary fuel systems (IAFS).
4 272 891,35 GBP VAT Ex is the estimated total value for 5 years with 2 further 1 year options. Apache DT, part of UK Ministry of Defence, proposes to award the framework agreement to robertson fuel system LLC for the duration of 5 years with 2 further 1 year options as allowable under Regulation 20(10) of DSPCR 2011. These units and services can only be supplied by the specific economic operator Robertson Fuel Systems LLC. They are the design rights holder for the RCEFS and IAFS and have not provided any licences for the manufacture or repair of this equipment to any other supplier. They hold the necessary knowledge, drawings and equipment to be able to manufacture and repair units and provide training support to the DT. It is considered that a framework agreement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28 (1) (e) of Directive 2009/81/EC Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons.
This requirement is for the duration of five (5) years with and additional two (2) one (1) year options as allowable under Regulation 20(10) of Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations.
This notice is not for a request for expressions of interest so do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a subcontractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.
These units and services can only be supplied by the specific economic operator. Robertson Fuel Systems LLC. They are the Design Rights Holder for the RCEFS and IAFS and have not provided any licences for the manufacture or repair of this equipment to any other supplier. They hold the necessary knowledge, drawings and equipment to be able to manufacture and repair units and provide training support to the delivery team. Consequently, it is considered that a framework agreement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28 (1) (e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations) for technical reasons.
Purchase of Spares for, Repairs to, Training on, Ad Hoc Tasking Relating to and Purchase of New RCEFS and IAFS
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.
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Winner: Robertson Fuel Systems LLC
Award value: 4272891.35