Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-06-29
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Country: UK
Region: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 48612000: Database-management system
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: Defence Commercial Air, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (‘MoD’), intends to award a Contract to Datasoft Computing Ltd for the provision of the Defence Squadron Training Achievements Recording System (STARS). It is anticipated this Contract will be for 3 years, with 2 1-year option periods.
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 of the European Parliament and the Council (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) due to exclusive rights and technical reasons. This is because Datasoft Computing Ltd hold all IPR for the above System, and the MOD does not have access to the software code to enable competition to run STARS.
Defence Commercial Air, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (‘MoD’), intends to award a Contract to Datasoft Computing Ltd for the provision of the Defence Squadron Training Achievements Recording System (STARS). It is anticipated this Contract will be for 3 years, with 2 1-year option periods.
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 of the European Parliament and the Council (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) due to exclusive rights and technical reasons. This is because Datasoft Computing Ltd hold all IPR for the required System, and the MOD does not have access to the software code to enable competition to run it.
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From 2.4.2014, the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
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.
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
Please note that this is not a notice of Award, the ‘Date of Contract Award Decision’ above should read 17.8.2016. GO Reference: GO-2016624-DCB-8400883.