Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)
DECA, Welsh Road, Fflintshire
Sealand
CH5 2LS
UK
Contact person: Mike Carr
Telephone: +44 1244847130
E-mail: Michael.Carr@deca.mod.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-electronics-and-components-agency
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
Post Design Services, Repair and Disposal For Navigational Aids
Reference number: ACDECA/005
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50660000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Negotiated procedure without prior publication. Post design services, repair and disposal for navigational aids fitted to Hawk and Tornado aircraft.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 253 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Negotiated procedure without prior publication. Post design services, repair and disposal for navigational aids fitted to Hawk and Tornado aircraft.
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:
“The Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Raytheon Systems Ltd (“Raytheon”) for Post Design Services (PDS), repair and disposal of navigational aids fitted to Hawk and Tornado aircraft, for a period of 4 years (with an option to extend this for a further year.)
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 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations of 2011). This is for technical reasons.
The equipment covered came into service between the early 1970s and 1989 has been supported and maintained by Raytheon throughout its life. Only Raytheon has the knowledge, tooling and test equipment in place to continue supporting this equipment.
Pursuant to the Military Aviation Authority’s Regulatory Article 1005(2) “Design Organisations” only a competent design organisation shall be contracted for PDS of Air Systems. Raytheon Systems Limited are the only Design Approved Organization Scheme (DAOS) accredited design organisation for this equipment.
Due to the age of the equipment involved there are multiple obsolescence issues and additional obsolescence issues are highly likely over the remaining life of the equipment. The obsolescence issue must be rectified to ensure continued support to the Hawk and Tornado platforms. Failure to do so would result in Aircraft being grounded. As a result, there is a specific safety requirement which must be fulfilled to ensure the safe functioning of the Armed Forces. Raytheon are the only economic operator that can maintain and provide PDS for the equipment as they are the only economic operator with the know-how, tools and means to meet the requirement.”
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: ACDECA/005
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
11/10/2018
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
Raytheon Systems Ltd
Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow
Essex
CM17 9NA
UK
NUTS: UK
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: 1 253 000.00 GBP
Total value of the concession/lot:
1 253 000.00
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-20181012-DCB-13359298
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)
Deeside
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)
Deeside
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/10/2018