Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-01-15
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Weapons, International Guns, Missiles and Rockets (IGMR) Project Team
Country: UK
Region: Essex
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35333100
Estimated value: 14000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Secretary of State for Defence (the Authority) acting through the International Guns, Missiles and Rockets Project Team of Defence Equipment and Support proposes to award a 5 year contract, with options for a 4 year and 3 year extension until 2028, to Raytheon Systems Ltd, for the In Service Support of the Paveway Weapon System, including spares, modifications, updating and amending technical publications, NATO codification, provision of range safety traces, provision of safety and suitability for service advice, provision of technical documentation including drawings and specifications, detailed fault investigations, repair replenishment and refurbishment (over and above core), training, ad hoc meetings, technical investigations and specialist tasks, disposal and disposal support, Paveway surveillance activities and support, Paveway 6DOF modelling support, Paveway IV platform integration. The estimated contract value is between 14 000 000 GBP and 28 000 000 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 (Regulation 16 (1) (a) (ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). This is for technical reasons on the basis of safety considerations. Raytheon Systems Ltd is the only supplier that can provide the airworthiness certification for the Paveway IV All Up Round Certificate of Design and has the exclusive rights to undertake fault diagnosis and repair for the Paveway Weapon System.
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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-2016113-DCB-7570551.