Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood South, Bristol, BS34 8JH
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Nicholls Ellie
Email(s)
desjsens-comrcl-dsp@mod.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
A combination of these
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Joint Sensors and Engagement Networks Team (JSENS), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to SAAB AB (publ) (the ‘Contractor’), by way of Contract JSENS/00198 (the ‘Contract’). The current Contract terms shall be incorporated into new contract JSENS/00198 to extend support for an extra 12 months, to 31st March 2025. The Contract is for the for the provision of logistic and integration support, and associated articles, in relation to the Giraffe-Agile Multi Beam (G-AMB) radars which support the UK Ministry of Defence’s Land Environment Air Picture Provision and Ground Based Air Defence capabilities.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 35723000 - Air defence radar
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £6,200,000
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
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical
Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union was deemed not appropriate. It is considered that the award of the 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 DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. This is because the Contractor is the manufacturer of and design authority for, and holder of all relevant intellectual property rights and proprietary information (such as drawings and specifications) in, the G-AMB radars and the Authority procured:
(i) the G-AMB radars from the Contractor under the terms of a contract entered into on 17.8.2015 and
(ii) logistic support from the Contractor for such radars under contract JSENS/00131 entered into on 1.1.2019
No licences have been granted to any other persons, including the Authority, to obtain and exploit the drawings and specifications necessary to provide the requirement to support the equipment. The Contractor, as the only manufacturer and supplier of the G-AMB radars, is the only economic operator with the specific knowledge of the system to be able to support such equipment, avoiding incompatibility and safety issues and the need for the re-design of relevant components. The Contractor is therefore the only economic operator capable of meeting the Authority’s technical requirements under the Contract.
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Technical Merit. Weighting 100
four.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
JSENS/00198 G-AMB CLS Support Contract June 2024 to March 2025
five.1) Date of contract award decision
24 June 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
Saab AB (Publ.)
Solhusgatan
Gothenburg
412 89
Country
Sweden
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £6,200,000
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
Ministry of Defence
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom