Electronic publishing software development services. Provision and Support of the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) Project Bible Affnitext Document Library. Initial contract period is for 5 years until 31.8.2017. There is an Option to extend ...

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Strategic Transport & Air-To-Air Refuelling Project team, DE&S;
Walnut 2c Mail Point 1232, MOD Abbey Wood (South)
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1179134670
E-mail:

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)Main activity
Defence
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Provision and Support of FSTA Project Bible 'Affinitext' Document Library
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 7: Computer and related services

NUTS code UKK11

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Electronic publishing software development services. Provision and Support of the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) Project Bible Affnitext Document Library. Initial contract period is for 5 years until 31.8.2017. There is an Option to extend the contract for a further 5 until 31.8.2022. The overall value of the contract including the Option is as stated in this Contract Award Notice.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72212312

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 285 864 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annex D1)
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU):
Directive 2004/18/EC

1) Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC

The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
connected with the protection of exclusive rights
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
Lowest price
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
STAARKC/00002.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2012/S 164-272189 of 28.8.2012

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: STAARKC/00002
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
26.11.2012
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Affinitext (UK) Ltd
37 St. Margarets Street
CT1 2TU Canterbury
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 285 864 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of months: 60
V.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:

Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk

The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.
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-2013122-DCB-4532613.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Strategic Transport & Air-To-Air Refuelling Project team, DE&S;

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
22.1.2013