Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Bristol
UK
E-mail: hayley.shortall101@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://des.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
700840370 - CHC/635 Control Display Navigation Unit (CDNU) Support Contract
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50212000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Chinook DT, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has a requirement to place a Contract covering the provision of Repairs, Spares and Design Support in respect of the Control, Display and Navigation Unit (CDNU) fitted on-board the UK fleet of Chinook Helicopters.
Following negotiations the Contract was placed for a duration of 52 Months. The Contract Value shall increase inline with volume of repairs completed.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 858 970.69
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ2
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Chinook DT, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has a requirement to place a Contract covering the provision of Repairs, Spares and Design Support in respect of the Control, Display and Navigation Unit (CDNU) fitted on-board the UK fleet of Chinook Helicopters.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option for additional PDS tasking and upgrades.
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
Previously published within Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (dated 10/09/2020):
The Chinook DT, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has a requirement to place a Contract
covering the provision of Repairs, Spares and Design Support in respect of the Control, Display
and Navigation Unit (CDNU) fitted onboard the UK fleet of Chinook Helicopters. The Authority
announces its intent to to place a contract with Thales UK Ltd (“Thales”) to undertake repairs,
provide spares and engineering support in respect of the CDNU. The proposed Contract Term is
5.5 years and the contract value is estimated to be £1.5M. 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) due to
Technical Reasons. Thales are the original equipment manufacturers and Design Authority of the
CDNU fitted on the UK Chinook aircraft. As such, the In Service support of the CDNU, (including
the provision of repairs and spares) together with the related Project Management, can only be
carried out by Thales as Thales exclusively holds the relevant skills, technical data, proprietary
information (including drawing and design information) and know-how that is needed to meet the
requirement. Thales previously confirmed that it is not prepared to share or license the use of that
proprietary information outside of the Company and the UK Ministry of Defence does not have a
right to obtain the necessary documentation from Thales. The aforementioned skills, technical
data, drawing and design information are necessary for the performance of the requirement.
Furthermore, only Thales holds the level of certification (under the Authority's Design Approved
Organisation (DAOS) and Maintenance Approved Organisation (MAOS) Schemes) necessary to
carry out the activities that are required in order to meet the Military Aviation Authority’s
Regulatory Articles applicable to the CDNU.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/12/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Thales UK Ltd
Crawley
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 858 970.69
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence
Bristol
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/01/2022