Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Ionut Lupascu
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
Zeus Software Support - Amendment 4 Procurement of additional Zeus licence for Protector
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
NUTS code
- US - United States
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Procurement of Zeus software licence to support Protector
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 48120000 - Flight control software package
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 581,500 USD
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
The Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”), awarded a Contract Amendment to Raytheon Solipsys to include the delivery of Zeus v2.7 Software for Protector with a value of $581,500.
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). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 due to technical reasons.
This is because the Protector platform is utilising the same software as Reaper which Raytheon Solipsys are the only software provider. This means Raytheon Solipsys are the only supplier with the required knowledge of the system and are the only supplier capable of providing the required software on this contract.
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Notice number: 2022/S 000-027633 of 3 October 2022
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
UAS/000120 Amendment 4
five.1) Date of contract award decision
19 October 2022
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
Raytheon Solypsis
8170 Maple Lawn Blvd
Fulton
MD 20759
Country
United States
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: 581,500 USD
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
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
DE&S
MOD Abbey wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom