Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2021-01-22
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35420000: Parts of military vehicles
Estimated value: 4500000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Supply of Artillery and Howitzer Components and Armoured Vehicle Weapons Systems Including 105 mm Light Gun Spares
Babcock Land Defence Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a contract with BAE Systems, GCS International Ltd for the supply of Artillery and Howitzer components and armoured vehicle weapons systems including 105 mm Light Gun Spares.
Babcock Land Defence Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to negotiate a contract with BAE Systems, GCS International Ltd for the supply of Artillery and Howitzer components and armoured vehicle weapons systems including 105 mm Light Gun Spares. The components used are used by the British Army. It is considered that this contract can be awarded 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 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
BAE Systems, GCS International Ltd are the original equipment manufacturer and the owner of the design drawings/information, technical specifications and technical expertise (‘technical know-how’) required to supply these articles. BAE Systems, GCS International Ltd has stated that it has not shared and will not share this technical know-how required to undertake manufacture with any third party (including the UK Ministry of Defence).
Without access to the drawings, information and specifications and not having the technical know-how the UK Ministry of Defence is not in a position to be able to identify the exact technical requirements for the manufacture of the articles and in the absence of this information the performance of the vehicles and/or equipment and the safety of the users of the vehicles/equipment could be at risk if these articles were not supplied by BAE GCS International Ltd. As a result, BAE Systems, GCS International Ltd is the only company with the technical know-how to be able to fulfil this requirement.
This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. Babcock Land Defence Ltd is to negotiate a single source Contract with the named supplier BAE Systems, GCS International Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1AF. Value GBP 4.5 Million.
The Supply of Artillery and Howitzer Components and Armoured Vehicle Weapons Systems Including 105 mm Light Gun Spares
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.
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Winner: BAE Systems GCS International Ltd
Award value: 4500000