Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-02-27
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 75221000: Military defence services
Estimated value: 600000 GBP

Technical requirements: Military defence services. Maritime Combat Systems team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract with Ultra Electronics Limited (‘Ultra’) to provide in-service support for the Submarine Acoustic Warfare Control System (‘SAWCS’) System Control Units (‘SCU’) equipment for a period of 3 years at a value of 600 000 GBP.
It is considered that this contract can be placed 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. Ultra are the original equipment manufacturer and only they have the technical skills and know-how required to support the SAWCS SCU equipment during the period of this support contract. Only Ultra have the technical documentation information necessary to integrate the SAWCS SCU equipment into the common combat and sonar systems to be selected for the Vanguard Class.
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