Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment & Support, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Martyn Settle
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK11 - Bristol, City of
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
Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) Obsolescence
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 35723000 - Air defence radar
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The Joint Sensor and Engagement Networks (JSENS) Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the Authority), intends to place a contract with Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill (LMUKA) Limited (the Contractor) for obsolescence management for the Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) capability. LEAPP has been in-service since November 2014 and now requires critical software and hardware updates to enable the existing equipment to maintain the LEAPP 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: £20,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
LEAPP has been in-service since November 2014 and now requires critical software and hardware updates to enable the existing equipment to maintain the LEAPP capability.
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:
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
As the Design Authority and original system integrator, only the Contractor has the required technical expertise to integrate the complex software with minimal hardware updates, making best use of the existing hardware developed under the LEAPP D&M phase.
The LEAPP system requires a combination of several software components consisting of bespoke specialist and military off the shelf software and COTS packages that are managed as an integrated operational software build. The Contractor has the in-depth platform, capability and hardware understanding of the architectural decisions which have developed and maintained the LEAPP capability to date, including the technical complexities of the software intensive system.
Due to the complexity of the system architecture these updates to the LEAPP system will require the Contractor’s continued expertise to successfully integrate while maintaining the in-service capability, therefore avoiding risk of degradation to the Safety and Performance of the system. Accordingly, for technical reasons, LMUKA is the only contractor which is able to fulfil this requirement.
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
8 July 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
Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill Limited
Reddings Wood
Ampthill
MK45 2HD
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
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: £20,000,000
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
As the Design Authority and original system integrator, only the Contractor has the required technical expertise to integrate the complex software with minimal hardware updates, making best use of the existing hardware developed under the LEAPP D&M phase.
The LEAPP system requires a combination of several software components consisting of bespoke specialist and military off the shelf software and COTS packages that are managed as an integrated operational software build. The Contractor has the in-depth platform, capability and hardware understanding of the architectural decisions which have developed and maintained the LEAPP capability to date, including the technical complexities of the software intensive system.
Due to the complexity of the system architecture these updates to the LEAPP system will require the Contractor’s continued expertise to successfully integrate while maintaining the in-service capability, therefore avoiding risk of degradation to the Safety and Performance of the system. Accordingly, for technical reasons, LMUKA is the only contractor which is able to fulfil this requirement.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence
Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom