Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-07-22
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 72212931
Estimated value: 15000000 GBP
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: Post Design, Technical Support and Development of the Virtual Command and Control Interface (VCCI) Toolset
The Training Simulation Systems Programme within Defence Equipment and Support, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a 2-year contract (with four one-year option years) with SimFront Simulation Systems Corporation. The contract would be for the provision of post design services, technical support and development of the virtual command and control interface (VCCI) Toolset. VCCI is a key interface between several systems in the Command and Staff Trainer (CAST) project. CAST represents a synthetic training system which facilitates Collective Training (CT) from levels 4 to 6, representing higher formation battle training for commanders and their staff, enabling planning and execution of operations within a simulated virtual environment at 3 (three) MOD sites (Catterick and Warminster, UK, and Sennelager, Germany).
The authority intends on placing a contract with 2 guaranteed years and four one year options. The ROM cost of this contract if no yearly options are enacted by the authority will be GBP 5 000 000. This contract award is subject to negotiation with the referenced supplier.
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 Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
SimFront Simulation Systems Corporation is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) for VCCI. Only SimFront Simulation Systems Corporation has the specific skills, know-how and experience to provide PDS for modifications and design alterations/enhancements to the existing software. SimFront have sole access to the original VCCI source data and technical specification information which is necessary to provide ongoing support to the requirement. For these technical reasons, the contract may only be awarded to SimFront Simulation Systems Corporation.
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-2020717-DCB-16856932


Winner: SimFront Simulation Systems Corporation
Award value: 15000000