Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Bristol
UK
E-mail: mark.spicer101@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ31
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
Provision of mine Countermeasures Recconnaissance unmanned underwater vehicles (MCM Recce UUV)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35512400
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Continuation of support to the RECCE and VSW UUVs for a period of 6 months. Including provision of spare parts, repair services, technical support, maintenance services and associated support activities.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
17 000 000.00
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
The Secretary of State for Defence (the authority), through the Underwater Electronic Warfare (UEW) Project Team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) intends to extend the current support Contract with Hydroid Inc for the continued support of Remus 600 (RECCE) and REMUS 100 (VSW) UUV’s. The current contract is due to expire on 31.3.2018 and the extension is required for a further period of 6 months to 30.9.2018 to prevent a capability gap during the negotiation period for the planned replacement contract.
Remus 600 (RECCE) and Remus 100 (VSW) UUV’s are military use versions of commercially available UUV’s operated in the Mine Counter Measure (MCM) role. They are remotely operated shallow water hydro-graphical seabed mapping systems, both of which were developed and manufactured by Hydroid Inc.
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the directive
Explanation:
The Secretary of State for Defence (the authority), through the Underwater Electronic Warfare (UEW) project team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) intends to extend the current support contract with Hydroid Inc for the continued support of Remus 600 (RECCE) and REMUS 100 (VSW) UUV’s. The current contract is due to expire on 31.3.2018 and the extension is required for a further period of 6 months to 30.9.2018 to prevent a capability gap during the negotiation period for the planned replacement contract.
Remus 600 (RECCE) and Remus 100 (VSW) UUV’s are military use versions of commercially available UUV’s operated in the Mine Counter Measure (MCM) role. They are remotely operated shallow water hydro-graphical seabed mapping systems, both of which were developed and manufactured by Hydroid Inc.
It is considered that this contract can be extended 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 Hydroid Inc is the original equipment manufacturer for this specialist equipment, and is the only economic entity with the technical expertise, including the knowhow, tooling and access to drawings, data packs and source codes, which is essential to provide in service support.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: UDSC/0006
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
19/03/2018
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
Hydroid Inc
Fareham
UK
NUTS: UKJ31
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:
17 000 000.00
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-2018320-DCB-12101200.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Bristol
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/03/2018