Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2017-11-21
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Protected Mobility Vehicle Programme
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35400000: Military vehicles and associated parts
Estimated value: 14000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Protected Mobility Vehicle Portfolio (‘PMVP’), as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (‘MoD’), intends to extend the duration of the contract for Post Design Services (‘PDS’) in support of the HUSKY Vehicle with Navistar Defense LLC (US Contractor) by an additional two months covering the period from 1 August 18 to 30 September 18, with the value associated with the core service and additional tasking activity being estimated at GBP 250,000. This extension of the contract shall 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 (Regulations 16(1) (a) (ii) and 16(1)(d)(i)(aa) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). This is because, Navistar Defense LLC, as the original equipment manufacturer of the vehicle have the underlying technical know-how needed to provide the technical assurance required as part of the PDS contract. All modifications to the vehicles must be underwritten to confirm they do not compromise the operational effectiveness or the safety of the vehicles. Without access to the level of technical knowledge vested in Navistar Defense LLC, significant effort and potentially time and cost would be expended providing assurance against aspects such as the safety of the proposed modification design, its impact(s) on the vehicle and system safety, impacts to the performance baseline agreed between PMVP and the Army and the through life supportability of the vehicles. It is envisaged this additional obligation would result in technical and safety difficulties and potential incompatibilities which could have an immediate impact on the effectiveness of operations together with an adverse impact on time and cost. By the end of this extension the Protected Mobility Strategic Support Supplier (‘PM SSS’) or an alternative arrangement will be in place.
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-20171117-DCB-11412799.


Winner: Navistar Defense LLC
Award value: 14000000