Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-04-11
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Infrastructure Programme (OIP)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 44212100
Estimated value: 19482000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Contract shall facilitate the Reactivation work required in order to bring 13 x M3 Amphibious Rigs back in to service, whilst also providing In-Service Support to the existing In-Service M3 Rigs and the remaining 13 x M3 Rigs once reactivated to full service capability.
The Authority are committed to ensuring all Contractors working with the Dept have the required level of Cyber Security Controls. The Contract will include DEFCON658 Cyber and will follow the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership Cyber Security Model. The Contract has been classified as a Very Low Risk Level, therefore the Contractor will require Security Controls Appropriate to this level.
Project THAUMA Phase 2 — Reactivation and in-service support for the M3 Bridging System — New Contract.
Operational Infrastructure (OI), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a new single Contract (OIP/0044) with the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Design Authority (DA), General Dynamics European Land Systems — Germany (GDELS — G). The Contract shall be for a period of up to 8 years to reactivate up to 13 M3 Bridges and to provide in-service support for the M3 fleet of 27 Rigs.
It is considered that this contract can be placed with GDELS-G using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a Contract notice under Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC). Reactivation and in-service support of the M3 capability can only be placed with GDELS-G for the following reasons:
1. GDELS-G is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and the current Design Authority (DA) for the M3 equipment. An alternate supplier would not have access to necessary knowhow in order to have a sufficient technical understanding of the equipment to be able to understand and underwrite the health and safety implications of any modifications.
2. In order to conduct Level 4 repairs the contractor will require a considerable number of jigs and specialist tools for the M3 system. These jigs and tools are bespoke to the M3 system and have been manufactured as required by the OEM over the lifetime of the M3 equipment. The Authority do not own or have user rights to any information pertaining to these jigs and specialist tools. Any redesign of such jigs and tools by an alternative supplier is considered to increase the technical risk associated with the equipment to an unacceptable level.
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: General Dynamics European Land Systems — Germany
Award value: 19482000