Awarded contract

Spectrum Support Contract

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-009353

Published 29 April 2021, 10:54pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Bristol

Email

Jess.Coombes101@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-digital

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

Spectrum Support Contract

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72253200 - Systems support services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The SPECTRUM contract provides continued support to the MoDs SPECTRUM management capability

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: £1,800,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The SPECTRUM contract provides continued support to the MoDs SPECTRUM management capability

two.2.5) Award criteria

Criterion: Technical 100%

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

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior 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:

Defence Digital, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, proposes to place a Contract with CGI IT UK Ltd for the continued support of the SPECTRUM management capability. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication pursuant to Article 28(1)€ of Directive 2009/81/EC (and Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) due to technical reasons.

CGI integrate a COTS tool from another company using their own code that the Authority does not own the rights to. This tool provides the capability to conduct complex Spectrum engineering and analysis of specific operational scenarios, effective Spectrum planning and live monitoring of the electromagnetic environment. CGI provide a single capability that is not currently available (by a single company) in the marketplace.

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

Contract No

701212377

Title

Spectrum

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

29 April 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

CGI IT UK Ltd

London

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: £1,800,000

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

Ministry of Defence

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom