Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-01-20
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: 50660000
Estimated value: 46000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems. The Artillery Systems Team, part of the UKMinistry of Defence (‘MOD’), intends to award SAAB AB the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA) Mid Life Extension (MLE) addressing end of life equipment/components via technical re-design and re-configuring the Radar equipment within a standardized 12 ft container so that the system is vehicle agnostic, this includes obsolescence rectification, equipment modification/re-design, post MLE includes obsolescence management, maintenance, repair and configuration management of the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA) MLE for a total period of 8 years which includes 5 years in-service support. The estimated value of the contract is 38 000 000 GBP including innovative support.
The Artillery Systems Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (‘MOD’), intends to award SAAB AB the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA) Mid Life Extension (MLE) addressing end of life equipment/components via technical re-design and re-configuring the radar equipment within a standardized 12 ft container so that the system is vehicle agnostic, this includes obsolescence rectification, equipment modification/re-design, post MLE includes obsolescence management, maintenance, repair and configuration management of the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA) MLE for a total period of 8 years which includes 5 years in-service support. The estimated value of the contract is 38 000 000 GBP including innovative support.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication as permitted by 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 because only SAAB AB have the specific technological expertise and knowledge, tools and specialist test equipment to carry out the modification work to deliver the required outputs of the MLE project.
The Manufacture and Support of Mobile Artillery Battlefield Monitoring Radar (MAMBA) Mid-Life Extension (MLE)
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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-2020117-DCB-15822015


Winner: SAAB AB Electronic (Defence Systems Division)
Award value: 46000000
Number of bids: 1