Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
MOD, ISTAR, ADEWS
RAF Henlow, Bedforshire
Henlow
SG16 6DN
UK
Contact person: Jessica Brydon
Telephone: +44 3067988078
E-mail: DESADEWS-ComGrad@mod.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for Airfield Radar Integration Project (ARIP).
Reference number: ADATS/146
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71336000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Airfield Radar Integration Project (ARIP) system provides low level radar surveillance coverage across the UK airspace. The ARIP system takes radar data from a number of military and civilian transmitter sites and routes this data via secure Integrated Systems Digital Network (ISDN) lines through a backbone site to the 3 UK Control and Reporting Centres (CRCs) for surveillance operators to utilize for situational awareness. The ARIP system was developed by Cobham Aviation Services as a product called RDSNet and has been in use since 2006.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Airfield Radar Integration Project (ARIP) system provides low level radar surveillance coverage across the UK airspace. The ARIP system takes radar data from a number of military and civilian transmitter sites and routes this data via secure Integrated Systems Digital Network (ISDN) lines through a backbone site to the 3 UK Control and Reporting Centres (CRCs) for surveillance operators to utilize for situational awareness. The ARIP system was developed by Cobham Aviation Services as a product called RDSNet and has been in use since 2006. The current CLS contract expires on 30.9.2016 and there is a need to set up a new contract to ensure ongoing technical support for the system. There is a requirement to extend the CLS contract for a period of 5 years from Q3 2016. The length of the contract is sufficient to address uncertainties over the future migration of the ARIP system into Project Guardian, a future competitive procurement, from 2020 onwards.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
The Air Defence and Electronics Warfare Systems Delivery Team (ADEWS DT) of the Ministry of Defence (‘MOD’) intends to grant a 5 year extension to a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) contract with FR Aviation Limited (trading as ‘Cobham Aviation Services’) for the Airfield Radar Integration Project (ARIP) (‘the CLS Contract’). The ARIP system takes radar data from a number of military and civilian transmitter sites and routes this data via secure Integrated Systems Digital Network (ISDN) lines through a backbone site to the 3 UK Control and Reporting Centres (CRCs) for surveillance operators to utilize for situational awareness. The CLS Contract expires on 30.9.2016. The placing of this extension with Cobham Aviation Services will enable MOD to continue to support the ARIP system whilst a longer term solution is identified and procured. It is MOD's intention that any future solution will be procured via open competition in due course.
It is considered that the contract extension can be placed directly with Cobham Aviation Services using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for exclusive rights and technical reasons as follows.
The contract requirement is essentially the procurement of software maintenance (and associated hardware interface) services to software embedded in the ARIP system and without which the ARIP system cannot function. Performance of the contract requires access to Cobham Aviation Services' IPR in the form of relevant source codes for that software for which neither MOD nor any third party has relevant rights. Introduction of any other software would have implications on the functionality of the ARIP system which could render the system unusable in terms of time and performance from both an operational and safety point of view.
In addition only Cobham Aviation Services also have the necessary detailed technical knowledge and know-how in the ARIP system to enable an effective support service to be provided to the reasonable satisfaction of MOD.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: ADATS/146
Title: Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for Airfield Radar Integration Project (ARIP)
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
28/07/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
FR Aviation (trading as 'Cobham Aviation Services)
North East Sector, Bournemouth International Airport, Dorset
Christchurch
BH32 6NE
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: 2 000 000.00 GBP
Total value of the concession/lot:
2 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
GO Reference: GO-2016815-DCB-8635372.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems
RAF Henlow
Henlow
SG16 6DN
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems
Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 1179132548
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems
Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 1179132548
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/08/2016