Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-01-26
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Force Protection Project Team
Country: UK
Region: East Sussex CC
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35125300: Security cameras
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: The Force Protection Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to General Dynamics UK Ltd., for the support and repair of the LIVINGSTONE System. This contract will be for a 12-month period. The total estimated contract value is 1 000 000 GBP.
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 (Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. General Dynamics UK Ltd., has background knowledge and experience in this equipment that is critical for the support, repair and maintenance of the system. No other economic operator would be able to provide this service without in depth knowledge of the system. As such, only General Dynamics UK Ltd., has the required detailed specialist knowledge regarding the Livingstone system, to perform this requirement.
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