Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
No 1261 Spruce 2B, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Contact person: George Hollingdale
Telephone: +44 3067931493
E-mail: george.hollingdale100@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK1
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.mod.gov.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
Active Protection Systems (APS) Study
Reference number: CCDT/594
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73410000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
As part of a wider study of the Armoured Vehicle Active Protection System (APS) concept, UK MOD has a requirement to improve its knowledge and baseline its understanding of an integrated grenade launcher based APS. To satisfy this requirement, the Defence Equipment and Support Technology Office intends to procure an IMI Iron Fist Light Decoupled Hard Kill APS from Elbit Systems UK Ltd for testing and evaluation.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK1
Main site or place of performance:
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
See Annex D3 3. Explanation for description of the procurement.
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation:
Under Reg 16(1)(a)(ii) – Technical Reasons.
The UK MOD has a requirement to improve its technical knowledge and baseline its understanding of an integrated grenade launcher based Armoured Vehicle Active Protection System (APS). To satisfy this requirement, the Defence Equipment and Support Technology Office intends to procure an IMI Iron Fist Light Decoupled (IF-LD) Hard Kill APS to undertake a limited Test and Evaluation (T&E) exercise. The IMI APS is the only integrated High Technology Readiness Level (TRL) grenade launcher-based Hard Kill APS which uses both electro-optical and radar sensors to detect threats within a single system. This requirement will form part of the wider UK study into the APS concept and knowledge gained during this phase will add to that already obtained on other APS to de-risk the generation of future UK APS requirements.
A summary of the deliverables are:
1 x complete IF-LD system with associated countermeasures and calibration/test equipment
Documentation (in English):
System/sub-system design documentation
Interface control documentation
EMC documentation
Safety documentation
Training package for 10 x DSTL personnel:
4 weeks trial support
Any values stated in this notice are provisional and a contract has yet to be awarded.
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: CCDT/594
Title: Active Protection System (APS)
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
07/05/2019
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
Elbit Systems UK Ltd
2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EG
UK
Telephone: +44 2032069400
E-mail: office@elbitsystems-uk.com
NUTS: UKK1
Internet address(es)
URL: www.elbitsystems-uk.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: 1 200 000.00 GBP
Total value of the concession/lot:
1 200 000.00
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-201959-DCB-14875283
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
No 1261 Spruce 2B, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067931493
E-mail: george.hollingdale100@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/05/2019