Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
DE&S Deca
DE&S Deca, Welsh Road, Sealand
Deeside
CH5 2LS
Contact
Tracy Thomas
Telephone
+44 7585907993
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/des-deca
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/des-deca
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
F-35 EPGS Depot Activation - VTN
Reference number
SEA/19352
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80660000 - Training and simulation in military electronic systems
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Establishment of a Test and Repair Capability to Support Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) of specific Collins Aerospace F35 Components
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: 2,000,000 USD
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
DE&S Deca Sealand, Deeside
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Establishment of a Test and Repair Capability to Support Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) of specific Collins Aerospace F35 Components
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
- 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:
This requirement is for the establishment of a test and repair capability for Collins Aerospace F-35 components at DE&S Deca. This will support the maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade (MRO&U) of specific F-35 Collins Aerospace components at DE&S Deca
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this contract is regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (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 this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
The Contract term shall be for a period of 15 months. The estimated value of the contract is circa two million pounds (£2,000,000.00).
Collins Aerospace holds all the available technical information for their F-35 components and has the technical expertise, knowledge and know-how necessary to establish the test and capability requirement. This information is not available to the Authority as it is owned by Collins. The Authority does not have the necessary rights to this information and would be unable to provide a suitable level of details to any third party that would enable them to fulfil this requirement. The Authority is required to comply with maintenance management policy relating to the capability implementation for F-35 which sets out that only Collins Aerospace as the OEM can carry out the establishment of a test and repair capability. The Authority will have access to the information necessary to meet this requirement pursuant to an extant TAA with Collins Aerospace.
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
Contract No
SEA/19352
Title
F-35 EPGS Depot Activation
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24 October 2023
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
Collins Aerospace (Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation)
Rockford
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
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: 2,000,000 USD
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
DE&S Deca
Deeside
Country
United Kingdom