Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
no 1261 Spruce 2B NH1, Ministry of Defence Abbey Wood South
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067931178
E-mail: DESTECH-R-GNS@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Tethered Unmanned Air System
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35721000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
DE&S, on behalf of MoD, are looking to procure a Tether System that can be integrated with a MoD Air Platform to support and enable trials of a Tethered UAS to evidence and inform MarCap capability and decision making on the potential future use.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
180 000.00
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
DE&S, on behalf of MoD, are looking to procure a Tether System that can be integrated with a MoD Air Platform to support and enable trials of a Tethered Unmanned Air System (TUAS) to evidence and inform Maritime capability and decision making on the potential future use.
A TUAS could be a viable method of granting increased situational awareness and command and control capability for ships. The current sensor horizon on RN ships is limited by physical mast height. This could be extended many times if the sensor/payload was elevated further to support a range of potential future payloads/use cases. The Navy requires such capabilities be investigated to provide decision support to technology development and system procurement. This TUAS Capability Concept Demonstrator (CCD) shall be conducted to investigate the physical limitations of tether height and impacts on power/data capacities as well as exploring and understanding technical feasibility.
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The Cyber Risk Risk Assessment Reference (RAR) is RAR-6FB8XCG6.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 700008605
Title: Tethered Unmanned Air System (TUAS)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
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
Tethered Drone Systems Limited
Unit 5 Nelson Centre, Portfield Road
Portsmouth
PO3 5SF
UK
Telephone: +44 8000588840
E-mail: info@tethereddronesystems.co.uk
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 179 442.84
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Value excluding VAT: 34 955.36 GBP
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Training, integration, and testing.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.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. GO Reference: GO-202018-DCB-15786285
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
no 1261 Spruce 2B NH1, Ministry of Defence Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067931178
E-mail: DESTECH-R-GNS@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
no 1261 Spruce 2B NH1, Ministry of Defence Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067931178
E-mail: DESTECH-R-GNS@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
no 1261 Spruce 2B NH1, Ministry of Defence Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067931178
E-mail: DESTECH-R-GNS@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/01/2020