Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2017-10-04
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35420000: Parts of military vehicles
Estimated value: 1800000 GBP

Technical requirements: IRM17/2331 Supply of Artillery and Howitzer Components and Armoured Vehicle Weapons Systems Components.
Five year contract with 2 1-year options for the supply of Artillery and Howitzer Components and Armoured Vehicle Weapons Systems Components used by the British Army.
Supply of Artillery and Howitzer Components and Armoured Vehicle Weapons Systems Components used by the British Army.
Babcock DSG Limited, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a contract with BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Limited for the supply of Artillery & Howitzer components and Armoured Vehicle weapons systems components used by the British Army.
It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication 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.
BAE Systems Global Combat Systems are the original equipment manufacturer and the owner of the design drawings/information, technical specifications and technical expertise (‘technical know-how’) required to supply these articles. BAE Systems Global Combat Systems has stated that it has not shared and will not share this technical know-how required to undertake manufacture with any third party (including the UK Ministry of Defence). Without access to the drawings, information and specifications and not having the technical know-how the UK Ministry of Defence is not in a position to be able to identify the exact technical requirements for the manufacture of the articles and in the absence of this information the performance of the vehicles and/or equipment and the safety of the users of the vehicles/equipment could be at risk if these articles were not supplied by BAE Systems, Global Combat System. As a result, BAE Systems, Global Combat Systems is the only company with the technical know-how to be able to fulfil this requirement.
This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. Babcock is to negotiate a single source Contract with the named supplier
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-2017102-DCB-11131183.


Winner: BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Limited
Award value: 1800000