Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-07-08
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: 34144300: Vehicles for refuse collection
Estimated value: 1980000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Provision of an Assessment Phase (AP) Contract for the Modular Gap Crossing Capability (MGCC) to develop solutions to enhance the current fleet capability.
Through the auspices of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP) MOD has implemented the Cyber Security Model (CSM) which introduces a cyber protection processes in all new procurement's involving the handling of MOD identifiable information. This contract has been identified as being in scope of the CSM and has been assessed as a very low cyber risk level.
The Operational Infrastructure team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place two consecutive single source contracts with WFEL Ltd and Assessment Phase Contract (approx 1 980 000 GBP) and a Manufacture and in-service contract (approx 68 000 000 GBP) to manufacture and supply bridge sets and provide a modular, hand-built, air-droppable, deliberate gap crossing capability for light and medium forces in relation to the Medium Gap Crossing Capability (MGCC). In addition to this, WFEL will provide in-service support services, including repairs and modification. The contract will be for a period of up to 12 years and will have an estimated overall value of 70 000 000 GBP.
It is considered that this contract can be placed with WFEL Ltd 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 UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This is because WFEL are the current equipment manufacturer and design authority for the equipment and only the contractor has the necessary technical knowledge, expertise and information to provide the specialist jigs and tools which are required to manufacture the bridges and provide the support services in relation to the equipment. The Authority does not own, nor have user rights to any information pertaining to these jigs and specialist tools. Any manufacturing 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 GO Reference: GO-201974-DCB-15060181


Winner: WFEL LTd
Award value: 1980000