Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Strategic Command Commercial, Spur B2, Building 405, MOD Corsham, Westwells Road
Corsham
SN13 9NR
DefComrclCC-JFC3All@mod.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3067701854
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK15 - Wiltshire CC
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
Gothic Aps Support and Maintenance Contract
Reference number
701165378
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72250000 - System and support services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract with 1Spatial Group Ltd on a Single Source basis for a duration of 2 years, with options of up to an additional 2 years. The Contract is for software maintenance and repair services and will provide support and maintenance for the bespoke software and applications that make up the GOTHIC Aeronautical Production Systems (APS). Justification for Single Source is made on Technical grounds due to the requirement for 1Spatial Group Ltd to undertake modifications and upgrades to the Gothic code.
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: £2,361,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
Main site or place of performance
Cambridgeshire CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract with 1Spatial Group Ltd on a Single Source basis for a duration of 2 years plus a further 1 year option. The Contract is for software maintenance and repair services and will
provide support and maintenance for the bespoke software and applications that make up the GOTHIC Aeronautical Production
Systems (APS). Justification for Single Source is made on Technical grounds due to 1Spatial Group Ltd having to undertake
modifications and upgrades to the Gothic code.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The requirement will be for two years with options of up to two further years let via sixth month options to a maximum duration of four years.
The first six month option will be invoked three months prior to expiry of the initial two year period, with all subsequent options to be invoked under a minimum thirty day notice period.
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
1Spatial Group Ltd are the only company who can carry out the services relating to the Gothic APS Support and Maintenance Contract on technical grounds under the DSPCR regulations Clause 16(1)(a)(ii). This is due to the complexity of the software: No1 AIDU relies on the Gothic APS software to produce Aeronautical Information (AI) products for UK Defence aviation activities on an Internationally mandated legislative cycle of 28 days known as Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control (AIRAC).
1Spatial Group Ltd own the IPR for the Gothic (source code). The MOD own the IPR for APS. The APS code is dependent on the Gothic proprietary core technology, the two are integrated and the bespoke software will not function without the proprietary software underpinning it. Gothic consists of approximately six million lines of source code, including extensive comments. Bugs in the Gothic or APS code are required to be fixed and enhancements provided as a result of changes to the specification or new requirements from front line users. It would be prohibitively expensive and virtually impossible to fix bugs or enhance the software based on decompiled versions of this volume of code.
The Gothic APS system includes many highly complex and specialised proprietary components including the topology engine, the rules language, the computational geometry, geodetic calculations, the Gothic database etc. Furthermore, a very wide range of languages and technologies are utilised. It is not possible for another supplier to do the work because of the complexity of the software and the linkages between what is owned by MOD and 1Spatial, which would mean opening up both areas of code to fix bugs or provide a change request.
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
Contract No
701165378
Title
Gothic APS Support and Maintenance
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
7 December 2020
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
1Spatial Group Limited
Tennyson House, Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WZ
Telephone
+44 1223420414
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,361,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,993,738
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Gothic Aps
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 March 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
1Spatial
Tennyson House, Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WZ
Telephone
+44 1223420414
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,993,738
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
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.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
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-2021415-DCB-18083577
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Strategic Command Commercial, Spur B2, Building 405, MOD Corsham, Westwells Road
Corsham
SN13 9NR
DefComrclCC-JFC3All@mod.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3067701854
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Strategic Command Commercial, Spur B2, Building 405, MOD Corsham, Westwells Road
Corsham
SN13 9NR
DefComrclCC-JFC3All@mod.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3067701854
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Strategic Command Commercial, Spur B2, Building 405, MOD Corsham, Westwells Road
Corsham
SN13 9NR
DefComrclCC-JFC3All@mod.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3067701854
Country
United Kingdom