Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-08-19
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35723000
Estimated value: 2805000 GBP

Technical requirements: Provision of services and for the update to digital mode 5 of TPS-77 and T-92 radars (5 radars in total).
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, pursuant to Articles 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulations 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and security public contract regulations 2011 respectively) for technical reasons. The air defence and electronic warfare systems team, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to place a 1-year services contract with Lockheed Martin Overseas LLC, for the provision of IFF mode 5 upgrades of 5 Lockheed Martin designed radars. The minimum military requirement is for an Air Defence Radar solution that will operate with the proposed IFF Mk XIIA system including the new secure mode, Nato mandated mode 5, for the 5 Lockheed Martin T-92 and TPS-77 Radars. The requirement is for an interoperable IFF mode 5 Interrogator capability. This requires each Radar’s Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) to be upgraded with full digital capability (by June 2020). The mode 5 (and digital) upgrade will require, but will not be limited to, the carrying out of comprehensive analysis of multiple subsystems across a variety of engineering disciplines. As the design authority for the 5 radars, only LM can provide, authoritatively, the safe engineering life analysis, future sustainment works and changes to maintenance procedures to be explicitly identified and evidenced. The mode 5 upgrades of the radars will impact these critically important activities. Lockheed Martin, as the Design Authority (DA), is an integral part of, and has a critical role within the safety cases of the 5 radar systems, which enable the radars to be operated. Any consequential alterations made to the TPS-77/T-92 radars by a non-OEM could have implications for the safety cases of the radars, and for the supporting CLS contract the authority holds with the OEM. The complexity of the requirements mean that only the OEM can deliver the required results authoritatively with their role as the design authority.
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-2019814-DCB-15252995


Winner: Lockheed Martin Overseas LLC
Award value: 2805000