Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-01-29
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Marine Systems Support (MSS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 42931100
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) proposes to place a contract with Alfa Laval Limited for the support of centrifugal separators and their associated equipment on Royal Navy Type 23 Frigates, Landing Platform/Dock Ships and for training at HMS Sultan.
This contract is for a period of four (4) years extendable by exercising annual options to seven (7) years in total.
The Marine Systems Support team with Defence Equipment and Support, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the Authority), intends to place a contract for supply of spares, repairs, servicing and post design and technical support of Alfa Laval Centrifugal Separators and Equipment on HM Ships for a period of four (4) years extendable by exercise of an option or options up to seven (7) years in total.
It is considered that the proposed 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 of the European Parliament and Council [Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 (DSPCR)] for technical reasons.
Alfa Laval Centrifugal Separators are fitted on Royal Navy Type 23s, LPDs and for training at HMS Sultan. As both the original equipment manufacturer and current support contractor for this equipment, Alfa Laval Limited alone possesses the extensive in-depth technical knowledge and access to relevant data and design rights required to provide the necessary support services to Alfa Laval Centrifugal Separators. The Authority does not have sufficient rights to provide a third party. Only Alfa Laval has at its disposal relevant testing rigs, equipment and facilities required to undertake crucial balancing and safety testing services.
To procure support to the Alfa Laval Centrifugal Separators including any repair and spares provision would present significant and unacceptable risk to the Authority in relation to the compatibility and interoperability of such spares, and to the technical and safety certification of such repairs. No third party will be able to provide the required assurance to the reasonable satisfaction of the Authority, and therefore no other Contractor can provide these services.
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


Winner: Alfa Laval UK
Award value: 5000000