Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2017-04-22
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Other
Country: UK
Region: West Cumbria
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35400000: Military vehicles and associated parts
Estimated value: 1800000 GBP

Technical requirements: Re-manufacture of the AS90 Drivers Console Unit (DCU), which is the main electronic assembly for the AS90 Hull systems, and their subsequent embodiment into the MoD's fleet of AS90 vehicles.
The Vehicle Support Team, Armoured Tracks Programme, part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to place a 2 year contract with BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Limited (BAE) for the re-manufacture of the AS90 Drivers Console Unit (DCU), which is the main electronic assembly for the AS90 Hull systems, and their subsequent embodiment into the MoD's fleet of AS90 vehicles. 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 UK Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011) on the basis that the contract may be awarded only to BAE for technical reasons. The value of this contract is 1 800 000 GBP.
Only BAE, as the Design Authority for the AS90 platform, has the specific test equipment necessary to undertake the required re-manufacture and re-installation activities. Each DCU for re-manufacture will require initial in-inspection to diagnose for faults and establish what level of preliminary work may be required. This is performed on the Production Automated Test Equipment, which is bespoke to AS90 and proprietary to BAE with the MoD having no rights to this equipment.
The re-manufacture of the DCUs is safety critical, as they contain the AS90s Auxiliary Brake System sub-assembly and the re-wiring of the DCU is necessary to prevent fires occurring. Only BAE has the ability to test fully and confirm the full functionality of the re-manufactured DCU in a manner which meets the MoD's requirements under the contract, including in respect of the provision of safe for use certification.
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-2017420-DCB-10044529.


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