Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Abbey Wood South
Bristol
For the attention of
box thomas
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
one.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities:
No
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Maritime Combat Systems Team, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Thales UK Limited for the in-service support (including maintenance and obsolescence and stock management) of the following items of equipment fitted across the United Kingdom Royal Navy submarine and surface ship fleet (the Equipment): Sonars 2050, 2054, 2076, 2087, 2093, 2193; UAA4, UAT, UAT(16); T&V Class Periscopes; AJU,AJN & AXA Masts; AVS; Orphan MRE and NEP Cabinets (the Contract). Such in-service support includes the provision of spare parts, repair and maintenance activity and safety certification.
The Contract has an estimated value of £2.9 billion (two billion, nine hundred million pounds sterling) and a term of fifteen years (subject to the Authority’s exercise of break options in the Contract) to align with the Authority’s technical refresh programme in respect of the Equipment.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 50600000 - Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £2,900,000,000
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice
1) Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical
It is considered that the Contract can be placed with Thales UK Limited using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the United Kingdom Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (SI 1848) on the basis that for technical reasons the Contract may be awarded only to Thales UK Limited. Thales UK Limited is the original equipment manufacturer of the Equipment and alone has the accumulated know-how required to support, and certify the safety of, the Equipment in accordance with the technical requirements of the Contract.
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Single Source. Weighting 100
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
701578537
five.1) Date of contract award decision
11 December 2023
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
1
Number of offers received by electronic means
1
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Thales UK Limited
Throop Road
Templecombe
BA8 0DH
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £2,900,000,000
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of months: 0
Section six: Complementary information
six.2) Additional information
VTN Information:-
Notice Reference - 2023-042288
Notice Number - 2023/S 000-023048
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Ministry of Defence
Abbey Wood South
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom