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. SHIPACQ104 - Supply of Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers low voltage electrical distribution equipment for shore-based training & initial provisioning spares.
Ship Acquisition, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), proposes to place a contract with Rolls-Royce Marine Electrical Systems Limited (Company Registration 2766255) (‘the Company’) for the provision of spare components for a Low Voltage Electrical Distribution System (‘LVEDS’) manufactured and installed by the Company on the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) Aircraft Carriers (‘the Contract’).
The Contract covers the supply of components for the LVEDS, comprising the MK 800 Remote Alarm Indicator and Test Comb Unit, ACB Assemblies and Uninterrupted Power Supplies (‘the Goods’). The contract has an estimated value of 400 000 GBP (Four Hundred Thousand Pounds) 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16(1)(b)(i) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) and 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). 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 result in incompatibility, between the LVEDS and the Goods so acquired creating disproportionate technical difficulties in operating and maintaining the LVEDS.
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 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. This is because, in the absence of any relevant manufacturing data packs, 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 and to ensure the ongoing functionality of the LVEDS and the compatibility of the Goods with the LVEDS.
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-11611607.