Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team
Spruce 1c #1113, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Contact person: Paul Alford
Telephone: +44 3067932260
E-mail: paul.alford651@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK1
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
Project Cerberus — SACC/00003
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72611000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to amend contract SACC/00003 with IBM United Kingdom (the ‘Contractor’) to allow continued support to UCCS (United Kingdom Air Surveillance and Control System (UKASACS) Command and Control System) for a further 12 months period. The UCCS system monitors UK and NATO airspace and satisfies the enduring requirement the MoD has to conduct Air Command and Control for the defence of the UK. The contract amendment will have a value of GBP 8 000 000 ex VAT.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
56 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ36
Main site or place of performance:
Central Hampshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to amend contract SACC/00003 with IBM United Kingdom (the ‘Contractor’) to allow continued support to UCCS (United Kingdom Air Surveillance and Control System (UKASACS) Command and Control System) for a further 12 months period. The UCCS system monitors UK and NATO airspace and satisfies the enduring requirement the MoD has to conduct Air Command and Control for the defence of the UK. The contract amendment will have a value of GBP 8 000 000 ex VAT.
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:
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 requirement 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 2011) for technical reasons.
As the original system designer and manufacturer, IBM have over 19 years’ experience operating the UCCS system which is complex and requires significant expertise and experience to integrate the many individual hardware and software components that it is made up from. In addition, IBM have the necessary test and maintenance tooling required to provide this continued support. The UCCS system is aging with significant obsolescence issues in the supportability of the core system and the associated voice communications system. It is considered that only the contractor has the technical experience and expertise and tooling at its disposal to support this critical system prior to its end of service, when it will be replaced by the MoD’s new Guardian system (which was procured via a competitive tender exercise advertised in the OJEU.)
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: SACC/00003
Title: Project Cerberus
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
24/07/2020
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
IBM United Kingdom Ltd
Hursley Park, Hursley
Winchester
SO21 2JN
UK
Telephone: +44 7711850132
E-mail: richenda_farray@uk.ibm.com
NUTS: UKJ36
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:
56 000 000.00
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-2020727-DCB-16885631
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team
Spruce 1c #1113, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067932260
E-mail: paul.alford651@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team
Spruce 1c #1113, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067932260
E-mail: paul.alford651@mod.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team
Spruce 1c #1113, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067932260
E-mail: paul.alford651@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/07/2020