Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood, #1027 | NH1 Atrium
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Rowan Matthew
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
701264395 - Support of the Vicon 78 Series 455 Counter Measure Dispensing System (CMDS)
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Contract Award Notice for Support of VICON 78 Series 455 CMDS, which is a theatre-entry standard (TES) system currently fitted to various Aircraft Platforms.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £1,624,189
Excluding VAT
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
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical
1) The Air Platform Systems (APS) Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MOD”), intends to place a three (3) year contract with two (2) one (1) year options with Thales UK for the through life support of Vicon 455 Countermeasure Dispensing Systems (CMDS) that are fitted to Wildcat, Shadow and Defender aircraft.
2) It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
3) The continued support required by MOD to existing in-service equipment must be contracted directly with Thales UK, procuring alternative equipment or contracting support from a supplier other than Thales is not possible for the following reasons:
a) Interoperability issues, necessitating the substantial re-design and structural modification of complex military equipment, including the installation of specific wiring, to the existing UK aircraft fleets fitted with Vicon 455 CMDS to enable embodiment of alternative CMDS equipment;
b) Incompatibility between the existing in-service systems/equipment and the alternative CMDS equipment resulting in further complex design and modification [which, for operational reasons, would be so time consuming as to potentially jeopardise the safe functioning of the Armed Forces];
c) The need to retrain technicians and system experts which would lead to a gap in knowledge that would have a significant risk and impact on current operations and ability for the in-service aircraft to fulfil their operational commitment.
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
701264395
five.1) Date of contract award decision
12 November 2020
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
Thales UK Limited
Reading
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £1,624,189
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 3
Section six: Complementary information
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Ministry of Defence
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Country
United Kingdom
six.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Not Applicable
Not applicable
Country
United Kingdom