Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-06-04
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Apache Project Team
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35730000: Electronic warfare systems
Estimated value: 385127.16 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: This contract will be let through the use of negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice (the term used in the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 for single source contracts). It will provide integration tasks and the continued modification of the existing Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System (HIDAS). This will enable delivery of an integrated Defensive Aids System (DAS) which is a critical sub-system on an Apache AH-64E.
The Apache Project Team (UK Ministry of Defence) intends to place a contract with Leonardo MW Ltd to deliver aspects of the Apache Capability Sustainment Programme. This work is interlinked with VEAT notice 2017/s 115-232731. This contract with Leonardo MW Ltd will enable delivery of an integrated Defensive Aids System (DAS), which is a critical sub-system on an Apache. The contract scope is for design, qualification, integration and provision of items to Boeing (Original Equipment Manufacturer for the Apache) for integration as part of the Foreign Military Sales agreement with the United States Government.
Contract value capped at GBP 1 m. Value not an indication of available budget for delivering the service(s) within the schedule of requirement but is required for providing the scope of the requirement by value. The authority procurement timescales envisage the ITN being issued to Leonardo MW Ltd on 30/08/19 with a contract award date for 5 November 2019.
This contract will be let through the use of negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice (the term used in the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 for single source contracts). It will provide integration tasks and the continued modification of the existing Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System (HIDAS). This will enable delivery of an integrated Defensive Aids System (DAS) which is a critical sub-system on an Apache AH-64E. Contract value capped at GBP 1 m. Leonardo MW Ltd hold the exclusive rights and technical knowledge to the HIDAS system. Value not an indication of available budget for delivering the service(s) within the schedule of requirement but is required for providing the scope of the requirement by value.
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-202062-DCB-16663500


Winner: Leonardo MW Ltd
Award value: 385127.16
Number of bids: 1