Awarded contract

Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) Systems In-Service Support

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-029513

Published 26 November 2021, 10:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Bristol, Abbeywood

BS34 8JH

Contact

Carlie Seymour

Email

carlie.seymour106@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence

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

Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) Systems In-Service Support

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 50650000 - Repair and maintenance services of military aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

10,200,000

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: £10,200,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH3 - Essex
Main site or place of performance

Harlow

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Air to Air Missiles Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a contract of up to 15 months with the option to extend for an additional 24 months to Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL). This contract is for the In-Service Support of the Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) System.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Option to extend the Contract for an additional 24 months which is included as part of the tender and is available to contract at the Authority's sole discretion.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis and is published for reasons of transparency.


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:

Air to Air Missiles (AAM), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a 15 month contract – with a 24 month option period - to Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL) for the provision of In-Service Support to the AMRAAM Systems. In accordance with EU Council Decision 255/58 (1958), this Procurement is exempt from Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 due to the AMRAAM System falling within the bounds of Warlike Stores; specifically the category of ‘bombs, torpedoes, rockets and guided missiles’ - of which AMRAAM is a guided missile.

Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is not applicable.

This Contract can only be awarded to Raytheon Systems Limited on the grounds of technical reasons. Raytheon are the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) for the AMRAAM system. Raytheon are the only organisation with the technical ability, facilities, knowledge and skillset capable of providing In Service Support to the system. The anticipated value of the Contract is £10,200,000 Ex VAT.

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

26 November 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

Raytheon Systems Limited

Harlow

CM17 9NA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH3 - Essex
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: £10,200,000

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, Abbeywood

BS34 8JH

Country

United Kingdom