Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Queen Elizabeth Class
Abbeywood South, Filton
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
E-mail: DESShipsComrcl-Acq-QEC@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support
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
SHIPACQ195 — Insurance Spares for QEC - MT30 Gas Turbine Engine
Reference number: SHIPACQ195
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35520000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Insurance Spares for QEC - MT30 Gas Turbine Engine
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
9 600 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK11
Main site or place of performance:
Bristol, City of
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Insurance Spares for QEC - MT30 Gas Turbine Engine
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:
Ship Acquisition, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), proposes to place a 2 year contract with an estimated contract value of 9 600 000 GBP with Rolls Royce Power Engineering Plc (company number: 01003142) (the “Company”) for the procurement of an MT30 Gas Turbine Engine and its transport stands and hard blanks, manufactured by the Company and installed on the Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class Aircraft Carriers. The components include the various sub-assembly components that make up the equipment, including the MT30 engine, ISO storage container, transport stands, T26 conversion kit and instructions for the conversion of the engine from QEC to T26.
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 UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This is because the Company is the Original Equipment Manufacturer of the equipment, the Ship Technical Specification requires these component spares to meet the specifications for the equipment manufactured by the Company and only the Company has access to the specific technical knowhow and technical design and manufacturing data required to manufacture these specialised component spares for the equipment.
It is also considered that the Negotiated procedure can be used for technical operability reasons. This is because to procure the Goods from a manufacturer other than the Company would oblige the MOD to acquire goods having different technical characteristics, which would therefore be incompatible with the existing goods and also result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operating and maintaining the Goods.
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: SHIPACQ195
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
14/06/2018
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
Rolls Royce Power Engineering Plc
Whittle House, POX Box 3, Filton
Bristol
BS34 7QE
UK
NUTS: UKK11
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:
9 600 000.00
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), he MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2018622-DCB-12665783
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Queen Elizabeth Class
Abbeywood South, Filton
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/06/2018