Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Elm 3A, #4235, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Contact person: Dylan Balgobin
Telephone: +44 3067989268
E-mail: Dylan.Balgobin100@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: SE232
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support
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
Manufacture and Support of Mobile Artillery Battlefield Radar (MAMBA) Mid-Life Extension (MLE).
Reference number: ARTYSYS/00250
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50660000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems. The Artillery Systems Team, part of the UKMinistry of Defence (‘MOD’), intends to award SAAB AB the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar(MAMBA) Mid Life Extension (MLE) addressing end of life equipment/components via technical re-design and re-configuring the Radar equipment within a standardized 12ftcontainer so that the system is vehicle agnostic, this includes obsolescence rectification, equipment modification/re-design, post MLE includes obsolescence management, maintenance, repair and configuration management of the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA) MLE for a total period of 8 years which includes 5 years in-service support. The estimated value of the contract is 38 000 000 GBP including innovative support.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
38 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
50660000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
SE232
Main site or place of performance:
Västra Götalands län.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Artillery Systems Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (‘MOD’), intends to award SAAB AB the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar(MAMBA) Mid Life Extension (MLE) addressing end of life equipment/components via technical re-design and re-configuring the Radar equipment within a standardized 12ftcontainer so that the system is vehicle agnostic, this includes obsolescence rectification, equipment modification/re-design, post MLE includes obsolescence management, maintenance, repair and configuration management of the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA) MLE for a total period of 8 years which includes 5 years in-service support. The estimated value of the contract is 38 000 000 GBP including innovative support.
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:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice
Explanation:
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication as permitted by Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons because only SAAB AB have the specific technological expertise and knowledge, tools and specialist test equipment to carry out the modification work to deliver the required outputs of the MLE project.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 019-029609
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Title: The Manufacture and Support of Mobile Artillery Battlefield Monitoring Radar (MAMBA) Mid-Life Extension (MLE)
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
28/07/2017
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
SAAB AB Electronic (Defence Systems Division
Solhusgatan 10, SE-412 8
Göteborg
SE
E-mail: hanna.merket@saabgroup.com
NUTS: SE232
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
38 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2017731-DCB-10741209.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Elm 3A, #4325, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067989268
E-mail: Dylan.Balgobin100@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Elm 3A, #4325, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067989268
E-mail: Dylan.Balgobin100@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Elm 3A, #4325, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067989268
E-mail: Dylan.Balgobin100@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/07/2017