Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-07-12
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, Fast Air Support Team (FAST)
Country: UK
Region: Hampshire CC
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35600000: Military aircraft, missiles and spacecraft
Estimated value: 7103701 GBP
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: The Air Platform Systems Project team, as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (‘MoD’), intends to amend a contract with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, Defence & Security UK Ltd (‘HP’) for the procurement of a version 7 (v 7) upgrade to the Advanced Mission Planning Aid (‘AMPA’) Operating System particular to Typhoon aircraft known as TyAMPA to meet the modification to the Typhon aircraft at Phase 3 Enhancement (P3E) standard.
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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This is because only HP has the requisite knowledge in relation to this equipment to meet the requirement. The upgrade of TyAMPA to v 7 to support the P3E standard of aircraft is a key capability enabler to meet the stated objectives, and the MoD needs to use the same Mission Planning System to ensure interoperability for operational purposes.
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Award value: 7103701