Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-07-29
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Apache Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35730000: Electronic warfare systems
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP

Technical requirements: This contract will be let through the use of negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice (the term used in the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 for single source contracts). It will provide integration tasks and the continued modification of the existing Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System (HIDAS). This will enable delivery of an integrated Defensive Aids System (DAS) which is a critical sub-system on an Apache AH-64E.
The Apache Project Team (UK Ministry of Defence) intends to place a contract with Leonardo MW Ltd to deliver aspects of the Apache Capability Sustainment Programme. This work is interlinked with VEAT notice 2017/s 115-232731. This contract with Leonardo MW Ltd will enable delivery of an integrated Defensive Aids System (DAS), which is a critical sub-system on an Apache. The contract scope is for design, qualification, integration and provision of items to boeing (original equipment manufacturer for the Apache) for integration as part of the foreign military sales agreement with the United States Government.
Contract value capped at 1 000 000 GBP. Value not an indication of available budget for delivering the service(s) within the schedule of requirement but is required for providing the scope of the requirement by value. The authority procurement timescales envisage the ITN being issued to Leonardo MW Ltd on 30.8.2019 with a contract award date for 5.11.2019.
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The Apache project team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a contract with Leonardo MW Ltd to deliver aspects of the Apache capability sustainment programme. This contract with Leonardo MW Ltd will enable delivery of an integrated Defensive Aids System (DAS), which is a critical sub-system on an Apache AH-64E. The contract scope is for design, qualification, integration and provision of items to boeing (original equipment manufacturer for the Apache) as part of the foreign military sales agreement with the United States Government. The value of the contract is capped at 1 000 000,00 GBP. It should be noted that this value is not an indication of the available budget for delivering the service(s) and specific tasks in question that are set out within the Schedule of Requirement (SoR) but is required for the purposes of this VEAT Notice in providing the scope of the requirement by value. It is considered that a contract may 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This contract will involve the integration of existing Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System (HIDAS) items. Leonardo MW Ltd are the Design Organisation (DO) for these subsystems. They are the only supplier with access to the necessary knowledge base and exclusive technical information along with direct access to the design, qualification and certification data to be able to conduct the work required.
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-15153749


Winner: Leonardo MW Ltd
Award value: 1000000