Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Other
MOD Abbey Wood, Yew 0A, No 1037
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Contact person: Jamie Fisher
Telephone: +44 3067986859
E-mail: jamie.fisher117@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
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
Gazelle Platform Future Support
Reference number: P2G/0483
II.1.2) Main CPV code
34710000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Support to the Gazelle AH Mk1 helicopter including the provision of technical support, the repair and overhaul of components, the provision of capital and consumable spares, platform support management and additional tasking.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 079 145.33
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ14
Main site or place of performance:
Oxfordshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of support to the MOD Gazelle AH Mk1 Helicopter fleet from 1.4.2019 until 31.3.2022.
The service is to include: provision of capital and consumable spares Items, the provision of a technical support service, a component repair and overhaul service, an additional tasking service and gazelle platform support management.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
It is anticipated that the contract will include an option to extend the duration of the contract by three years from 31.3.2022 until 31.3.2025.
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
The Authority requires platform support for its gazelle helicopter fleet. The Authority intends to place a contract with Airbus Helicopters UK (AHUK) to undertake engineering and support work (consisting of design and engineering advice, certification and qualification of modifications, supply of spares, repair and overhaul) working with Airbus Helicopters France as a sub-contractor to AHUK.
It is considered that this contract should be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication 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 EU Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
Airbus Helicopters are the original equipment manufacturers of the Gazelle Aircraft and AHUK are the appointed Platform Design Organisation (DO) for the Gazelle Aircraft in accordance with Regulatory Article 5101 Design Approved Organization Scheme (DAOS) approval procedures and responsibilities and Regulatory Article 1014 design organizations and coordinating design organizations airworthiness responsibilities.
The Authority understands that platform support and project management can only be carried out by AHUK. This is because they hold relevant skills, technical data, drawing and design information, and are not prepared to share or licence the use of that information outside of the Airbus group of companies (of which AHUK is part). The aforementioned skills, technical data, drawing and design information are necessary for the performance of those activities which will be carried out by AHUK and Airbus Helicopters France.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: P2G/0483
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/03/2019
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
Airbus Helicopters UK Ltd
Langford Lane, Oxford Airport, Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Oxford
OX5 1QZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1865593202
E-mail: colin.cleaton@airbus.com
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 6 079 145.33
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
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-2019515-DCB-14896711
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Other
Bristol
UK
E-mail: jamie.fisher117@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/05/2019