Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
For the attention of
MayAnn Ho
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
Halo Project
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit)
Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the
Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and
SI 2020/1450). It is considered that the Contract Award without prior publication of a contract notice in
the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance Regulation
16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons and Regulation 16(1)(c)(i) for research and
development services to which these Regulations apply. The contract may be awarded only to the
Company for technical reasons. It has been assessed that the Company is the Design Authority and
possesses the unique technical knowhow, tooling and test equipment to deliver this requirement. The
Company owns and has sole rights to use a significant body of information and intellectual property
which is required for performance of the requirement, and to which the Authority does not have the
relevant rights or access. Furthermore, the contract may only be awarded to the Company for safety
reasons and in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(c)(i) for research and development services to which
these Regulations apply. The Company possesses specialist equipment, tooling, unique background knowledge to meet the Authority's technical requirements under the contract.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 31100000 - Electric motors, generators and transformers
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £5,300,000
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
No tenders or no suitable tenders in response to: negotiated procedure competition
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical
connected with the protection of exclusive rights
GE Vernova Power Conversion Limited (Company Number 05571739) (“the Company”) from 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2027, with the option to exercise an extension for an additional 12 (twelve) months to 31 March 2028. The estimated value of the Contract will be £10,000,000 (Ten Million Pounds Sterling).
There is a requirement to provide a generational technology shift in high power electrical generating, propulsion, and distribution, with appeal to the Maritime sector due to the; high power density, high resilience, and reduced maintenance (seagoing workforce suppression) opportunities it presents. It is considered to have high applicability to military maritime users in crewed and uncrewed vehicles against an expectation that the future military surface and sub-surface maritime requirement will drive high levels of electrical power for air-independent endurance, low acoustic and EMF signatures, long range sensors, directed energy weapons and a reduction in crew numbers. End User support to sustain the essential capability.
Electrification (including propulsion, switching, distribution and services) can drive the ship design spiral virtuously to offer reductions in signatures, susceptibility, space / weight / cost / crew, and the hotel services overheads that accompany them. Electrification also presents choice in the energy source for generation with a view to restrictive environmental compliance as a restraint for access or adoption of alternate fuels that may power alternate prime movers.
In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). It is considered that the Contract Award without prior publication of a contract notice in
the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons and Regulation 16(1)(c)(i) for research and development services to which these Regulations apply. The contract may be awarded only to the Company for technical reasons. It has been assessed that the Company is the Design Authority and
possesses the unique technical knowhow, tooling and test equipment to deliver this requirement. The Company owns and has sole rights to use a significant body of information and intellectual property which is required for performance of the requirement, and to which the Authority does not have the relevant rights or access. Furthermore, the contract may only be awarded to the Company for safety reasons and in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(c)(i) for research and development services to which these Regulations apply. The Company possesses specialist equipment, tooling, unique background knowledge to meet the Authority’s technical requirements under the contract.
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
711789454
five.1) Date of contract award decision
18 July 2024
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
GE Energy Power Conversion UK Limited
Thomson Houston Way
Rugby
CV21 1BD
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £5,300,000
Excluding VAT
five.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No
Section six: Complementary information
six.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No