Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
King's Lynn
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Purchase of trilogiBuild Software Licences
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72268000 - Software supply services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Purchase of trilogiBuild Software Licences
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £76,100
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Requirement for a 2 year contract to purchase two trilogiBuild software licences to provide aircraft maintenance data at point of use.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice
- The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Lightning II Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MOD”), intends to place a 2 year contract with BAE Systems PLC to purchase two software licences for the BAE Systems PLC trilogiBuild software application, part of the trilogiView® suite of products produced by BAE Systems PLC, for use in connection with the trilogiView® toolset for generating, distributing, viewing and managing interactive electronic technical publications, which is mandated under the F-35 Program. The contract will have an estimated value of £76,100.
It is 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 32(2)(b)(ii) of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015) for technical reasons.
This is because UK technical publication DAP101B-8600-2(N/R)1 Support Authority General Orders & Special Instructions LII F-35 (all marks), which contains the relevant UK technical information and Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Articles (“RAs”) is incompatible with trilogiView® resulting in aircraft maintainers being unable to access all the required air system maintenance technical information on the portable maintenance aids at the point of use, as required by RA 1310 Air System Document Set, thus inhibiting the required maintenance of the aircraft and causing a risk to aircraft safety. The purchase of the trilogiBuild licences, which are only available from BAE Systems PLC, the owner of the IPR, will enable the conversion of the 2(N/R)1 file data into a trilogiView® compatible format that can be viewed correctly on the maintainer’s portable maintenance aids as required by RA-1310, thus enabling compliance with RA 1310. It would only be possible to provide 2(N/R)1 data at the point of use without trilogiView® compatibility by procuring additional hardware and additional software and subjecting all required interface changes to full technical and security re-validation and accreditation.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18 March 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
BAE Systems Defence Information
Lupin Way
Alvington
BA22 8UZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £76,100
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Defence Equipment & Support
King's Lynn
Country
United Kingdom