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Artillery. Support to the AS90 Artillery System.

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

This notice is covered by: Directive 2009/81/EC(Defence)

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

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

Artillery Systems Team, DE&S;
MOD Abbey Wood, NH1, Spruce 0a, #1003, Stoke Gifford
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
1.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Design, Development and Manufacture of AS90 Howitzer Drivers Console Units (DCU)
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
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)
Artillery. Support to the AS90 Artillery System.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

35322000

II.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 8 000 000 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice / call for competition
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with art. 28 of Directive 2009/81/EC
The periods for the restricted procedure and the negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice are incompatible with the urgency resulting from a crisis: no
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the relevant Directive: no
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical, connected with the protection of exclusive rights
The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to in Article 13 of Directive 2009/81/EC: no
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the Directive: no
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
Contract related to the provision of air and maritime transport services for the armed forces of a Member State deployed or to be deployed abroad, under the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
The Artillery Systems Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award BAE Global Combat Systems Limited a contract for the design, development and manufacture of a Drivers Console Unit (DCU) on the AS90 Howitzer as part of an obsolescence modification. It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication as permitted by Article 31(1)(b) of Directive 2009/81/EC (regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons and reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights. BAE Global Combat Systems Limited are the Design Authority and own the intellectual property rights for the platform and subsequent upgrades to it. The modification cannot be provided without access to that proprietary design information. BAE Global Combat Systems Limited also have the equipment, specific technological expertise, tools and specialist test equipment to carry out the modification work and are responsible for specific interoperability and safety requirements. No other party has the necessary technical expertise and knowledge required to provide the modification.
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity
ARTYSYS/00233
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)Date of contract award decision:
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

BAE Systems GCS Weapons Limited
MEO Building (C08), Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
LA14 1AF
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
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-2013717-DCB-4962654

VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Artillery Systems Team, DE&S;
MOD Abbey Wood, NH1, Spruce 0a, #1003, Stoke Gifford, Bristol
BS34 8JH
UNITED KINGDOM

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Artillery Systems (AS), DE&S;
MOD Abbey Wood, NH1, Spruce 0a, #1003, Stoke Gifford, Bristol
BS34 8JH
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Artillery Systems (AS), DE&S;
MOD Abbey Wood, NH1, Spruce 0a, #1003, Stoke Gifford
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
17.7.2013