Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-12-17
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Country: UK
Region: Portsmouth
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35710000: Command and control systems
Estimated value: 120000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Provision of in service support to CMS in RN Ships (Type 23, Type 45, RFA Argus, LPD, LPH, Mine Hunters, Mine Countermeasures) and Land Based systems and associated systems. Equipment to be supported include: CMS and their associated hardware and internal interfaces, T45, T23 and LPX Data Transfer System and T45 Tactical Data Link System. Support includes software technical refreshes and updates, technical support, repair, maintenance and replacement of hardware and design changes. This contract is included within an initial roll-out of a cyber protection processes. Its cyber risk level is identified as moderate. The Prime Contractor will need to meet this requirement and potential sub contractors may also therefore need to complete a Supplier Assurance Questionnaire. More information contact MOD Cyber Industry team ISSDes-DCPP@mod.uk More information about can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-cyber-protection-partnership
Options will be included in the Contract for full support to T45 CMS and support to QEC: CMS, Internal Network Electronics, Tactical Data Link and Air Traffic Control system. There will also be an option to extend the duration of the Contract for 1 additional year.
The Maritime Combat Systems, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a contract with BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited (‘the Company’) for the continued in service support (to include software technical refreshes and updates, technical support, repair, maintenance and replacement of hardware and design changes) of Naval Command Management Systems and associated systems (‘CMS’). The contract will be for a period of 6 years with the option to extend the duration by one additional year with an estimated value of 120 000 000 GBP.
It is considered that the 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The Company is the only economic operator that holds the design information that is necessary to support the CMS. Only the Company has all the necessary information, knowledge, technical know-how and skills to safely support and ensure the continued functionality of the CMS and provide the in service support within the Ministry of Defence's time-scales.
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-20161215-DCB-9243773.


Award value: 120000000