Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Room 303 Building 1/080, Jago Road, HM Naval Base
Portsmouth
PO1 3LU
UK
Telephone: +44 2392720753
E-mail: lauren.terry103@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ31
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.contracts.mod.uk
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
Provision of 5 x MANTAS T12 Craft Plus Integrated Sensors, Spares, Support Equipment, Training and Technical Support
Reference number: 700118314
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35511400
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of 5 x MANTAS T12 craft plus integrated sensors, spares, support equipment, training and technical 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:
1 879 526.13
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ31
Main site or place of performance:
Portsmouth.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of 5 x MANTAS T12 craft plus integrated sensors, spares, support equipment, training and technical 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
II.2.14) Additional information
A cyber risk assessment has been carried out on this requirement under RAR-FAB73DKC which was found to be not applicable so not required.
An IR35 assessment has been carried out on this requirement and the IR35 ruling does not apply.
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: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Royal Navy, Navy X, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a 3-month contract to Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. For the provision of 5 x Man-portable tactical autonomous systems (MANTAS) T12 craft plus integrated sensors, spares, support equipment, training and technical support 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 2011). As part of the preliminary work on this project MAB6 and jHUB conducted a market survey to qualify the availability of COTS/MOTS products that would support the idea that low observable USVs have utility for discrete maritime operations. This work revealed only 1 product was available which had a proven track record and that met the need was the MANTAS T12. A successful pilot contract was let by jHUB Commercial in February 2019 to Maritime Tactical Systems Inc. (MARTAC), in which 2 x MANTAS T12 craft were leased to test their suitability. Now that suitability has been confirmed, Navy X and MAB6 intend to purchase 5 x MANTAS T12 craft (3 for Navy and 2 for JFC) direct from MARTAC due to the following technical reasons: there are features associated with this platform that are currently unique in the market place: it is proven to be low observable – radar cross section, thermal signature, noise signature – and this has been independently validated; it is able to semi-submerge on demand (gator mode), reducing its visible signature to almost zero – this is currently a feature unique to MARTAC’s MANTAS T12; it is integrated with payloads and a ground control station making it capable of operation as a complete system without further development (i.e. TRL9). Everything else on the market at the time of survey either failed one of the low observable characteristics or was available only as a development project (i.e. not OTS). The implied requirement here is pace — we wish to explore the potential military advantage of this capability at pace, which is why we drove toward OTS as a requirement.
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: 700118314
Title: Provision of 5 x MANTAS T12 Craft Plus Integrated Sensors, Spares, Support Equipment, Training and Technical Support
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
15/01/2020
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
Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc.
211 N. John Rodes Blvd, Ste 103
Melbourne FL
32934
US
Telephone: +1 9857074097
E-mail: rowleyj@martacsystems.com
NUTS: 00
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:
1 879 526.13
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-2020116-DCB-15821971
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Room 303, Building 1/080 Jago Road, HMNB
Portsmouth
PO1 3LU
UK
Telephone: +44 2392720753
E-mail: lauren.terry103@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Room 303, Building 1/080 Jago Road, HMNB
Portsmouth
PO1 3LU
UK
Telephone: +44 2392720753
E-mail: lauren.terry103@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Room 303, Building 1/080, Jago Road, HMNB
Portsmouth
PO1 3LU
UK
Telephone: +44 2392720753
E-mail: lauren.terry103@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/01/2020