Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-07-31
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers Project Team (FSAST PT)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 80650000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Formare profesională şi simulare în domeniul aeronavelor militare, al proiectilelor şi al navelor spaţiale
The current UK C17 synthetic training service, that fulfils the aircrew element of the training requirement, expires Sep 19. Air Command has an enduring requirement for a training service for all user groups, therefore acquisition action is required to deliver the full capability beyond the current provision most likely until the C17 OSD in 2040.
The Authority is considering the contract duration and currently assess that a long term commitment aligned to the current Aircraft Out of Service Date in 2040 as being the most appropriate length of commitment to achieve value for money. This exact duration is subject to change following further analysis during the early assessment phase.
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 Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This is because The Boeing Company and their subsidiaries (including BDUK) are the only companies to have access to the C17 data packs, necessary technical expertise and other technical information in order to supply the Authority with an accurate replica of the C17 aircraft for the use of synthetic training for all RAF C17 user groups. The UK RAF require use of high fidelity synthetic training devices to ensure suitably trained staff for safe effective and efficient operational delivery.
Boeing are also the only company with the appropriate rights and technical expertise to provide Post Design Services such as Block upgrades to the high fidelity training equipment to enable coherency with the C17 aircraft, which is critical to the safe operational use of the aircraft.
Therefore, for reasons of safety to life and data access restrictions, the Authority intend to enter into contractual negotiations for the delivery of UK C17 synthetic training for all C17 User Groups.
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-2018727-DCB-12893022


Winner: Boeing Defence UK