Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-03-29
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 34152000
Estimated value: 48811000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Training Simulation Systems Programme within Defence Equipment and Support, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a 3-year contract (with four 1-year option years) with Lockheed Martin UK Ltd (LMUK). The contract would be for the provision of contractor logistic support (supply of manpower to undertake the work under the contract), training services, post design services (including obsolescence management) and engineering Change Proposals for Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT). The CATT facility constitutes a key aspect of the army’s collective training environment capability and is currently being used to deliver Hybrid Foundation Training (HFT) and Mission Specific Training (MST) to Battlegroups and Brigades in a simulated virtual combat environment.
The Authority intends on placing a contract with 3 guaranteed years and 4 one year options. The first 1 year option will be priced and the remaining 3 years will be unpriced at contract placement. The contract value included in this advert is a ROM cost if all 4 yearly options are taken up by the Authority. The Authority withholds the right not to take up any of these options. The ROM cost of this contract if no yearly options are enacted by the Authority will be 19 900 000 GBP. This contract award is subject to negotiation with the referenced supplier.
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 (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011) for Technical Reasons.
Lockheed Martin is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) for CATT. They are the only supplier who has access to the necessary technical data, source code and design drawings to be able to provide the support and maintenance for CATT capability. Further, only Lockheed Martin has the specific skills, know-how and experience to provide PDS for modifications and design alterations/enhancements to the existing equipment which is supplied through a managed service. For these technical reasons, the contract may only be awarded to Lockheed Martin.
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-2019326-DCB-14593266


Winner: Lockheed Martin UK Ltd
Award value: 48811000