Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)
Sealand
CH5 2LS
UK
Contact person: Mike Carr
Telephone: +44 1244847130
E-mail: Michael.Carr@deca.mod.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-electronics-and-components-agency
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
Instrument Support Services
Reference number: ACDECA/007 (700004411)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50210000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Instrument support services for legacy aircraft equipment:
Part number description
19654-0 Detector Unit F
201150-0100 R.A.I.4
267201-0100 DGI-3
19655-0 Detector Unit G
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
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
Instrument support services for legacy aircraft equipment:
Part No description
19654-0 Detector Unit F
201150-0100 R.A.I.4
267201-0100 DGI-3
19655-0 Detector Unit G
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
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
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations of 2011). This is for technical reasons.
The equipment which this support contract concerns came into service during the late 1960’s and 1970’s and has been supported and maintained by Atlantic Inertial Systems (AIS) Ltd throughout. It is considered that only AIS Ltd has the specialist expertise including technical knowledge, tooling and test equipment which is necessary to support the avionic instruments within the contract.
The MOD does not hold any drawings or data packs associated with this equipment in order to enable the requirement to be competed.’
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:
2019/S 178-434817
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ACDECA/007
Title: Instrument Support Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Atlantic Inertial Systems Ltd
Clittaford Road, Southway, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Devon
PL6 6DE
UK
Telephone: +44 1752722081
E-mail: Jim.Pike@Collins.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.collinsaerospace.com/
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 187 577.43
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-20191220-DCB-15717345
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)
Sealand
CH5 2LS
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)
Sealand
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/12/2019