Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-12-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Queen Elizabeth Class
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 35520000: Parts for warships
Estimated value:  GBP

Technical requirements: Parts for warships. SHIPACQ089 - Initial provisioning spares for Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers - Combat Management System (CMS), Pole Mast, Internal Network Electronics (INE), Meteorological and Oceanographic (METOC), Visual Surveillance System (VSS), Air Group Management Applications (AGMA).
Ship Acquisition, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), proposes to place a contract with BAE Systems Integrated Systems Technologies Limited (Company registration number 3456325) (‘the Company’) for the provision of spare components for a Combat Management System (CMS), Visual Surveillance System (VSS), Pole Mast, Stand Along Antenna and Meteorological And Oceanographic (METOC) System, manufactured and installed by the Company on the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers.
The Contract covers the supply of components for the Combat Management System (CMS), Visual Surveillance System (VSS), Pole Mast and Meteorological And Oceanographic (METOC) System, which are comprised of Flyco Display and FireWall (CMS) Operator Control Display and Stern Drop Lights, (VSS) Pre-programmed Siemens PLC and Control Valve (Pole Mast), JTRS Antenna (V/UHF Broadband) (Stand Alone Antenna), Automatic Bathy Probe Launcher and UASS Groundstation Unit (METOC) (‘the Goods’). The contract has an estimated value of 1 000 000 GBP and a duration of 2 years.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(3)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(b)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). This is because to procure the Goods from a manufacturer other than the Company would oblige the MOD to acquire goods having different technical characteristics, which would, therefore, be incompatible with the existing goods and also result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operating and maintaining the Goods.
It is also considered that this 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 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This is because the Company is the only economic operator with the necessary technical know-how, proprietary processes, and equipment-specific tooling and test equipment to supply the Goods to ensure the functionality of the System.
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-20171221-DCB-11611605.