Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-09-21
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50600000
Estimated value: 9000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of in-service support services in relation to the Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar (LCMR) system.
The Artillery Systems Delivery Team, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence, proposes to place a contract with SRC Incorporated (‘the Company’) for the provision of In-Service Support services (including in depth repair services and the provision of testing and calibration services) in relation to the Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar (LCMR) system. The proposed contract will have a total estimated value of GBP 9 million (nine million pounds) and a duration of 4 (four) years, with options for a further 2 (two) years of support, to provide support to the out of service date for the LCMR system.
SRC Inc is the Original Equipment Manufacturer of the LCMR system. Due to complexity of the system is the only supplier with access to know-how technical knowledge, specialist testing and calibration equipment required to provide in-service support services, maintain interoperability with existing fleet and conduct necessary testing and re-calibration to ensure safety requirements are met.
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 (Regulation (16)(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
This is because SRC incorporated is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the LCMR system and due to the complexity of the system is the only supplier with access to the know-how, technical knowledge, expertise and specialist testing and calibration equipment required to provide the in-service support services, maintain interoperability with the existing fleet and conduct the necessary testing and re-calibration of the LCMR system to ensure the safety requirements are met.
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-2020916-DCB-17088866


Winner: SRC Inc
Award value: 9000000