By browsing our site you agree to our use of cookies. You will only see this message once. Find out more

Aircraft equipment. The Air Commodities Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract with Eaton Aerospace Limited for the provision of spares, repairs and post design services for avionic equipment and hydraulic pumps and ...

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)

Air Commodities (AC), DE&S;
AC Comm 1b, Walnut 3c #1335, MOD Abbey Wood
Contact point(s): AC Comm 1b
For the attention of: Carl Storr
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 03067982927
E-mail:

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
Spares Inclusive Repair/Calibration Service for Miscellaneous Avionic Equipment.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services

NUTS code UK

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)
Aircraft equipment. The Air Commodities Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract with Eaton Aerospace Limited for the provision of spares, repairs and post design services for avionic equipment and hydraulic pumps and motors for a period of 4 years commencing 1.1.2014.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The equipment which this support contract concerns came into service over 40 years ago and has been supported and maintained exclusively by Eaton Aerospace Limited throughout. Eaton Aerospace Limited has the specialist expertise including technical knowledge, tooling and test equipment which is necessary to support the equipment within the contract scope. Eaton Aerospace Limited fully meets the airworthiness requirements of the Military Airworthiness Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority ensuring the safe operation of the associated aircraft within an airworthy environment.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

34741000

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: 1 527 000 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.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 Annexes D1, D2 or D3 as appropriate)
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
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 Air Commodities Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract with Eaton Aerospace Limited for the provision of spares, repairs and post design services for avionic equipment and hydraulic pumps and motors for a period of 4 years commencing 01 January 2014.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. The equipment which this support contract concerns came into service over 40 years ago and has been supported and maintained exclusively by Eaton Aerospace Limited throughout. Eaton Aerospace Limited has the specialist expertise including technical knowledge, tooling and test equipment which is necessary to support the equipment within the contract scope. Eaton Aerospace Limited fully meets the airworthiness requirements of the Military Airworthiness Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority ensuring the safe operation of the associated aircraft within an airworthy environment.
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
ACCOMM1B/7070
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
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-201385-DCB-5011713.

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

Air Commodities (AC), DE&S;
AC Comm1b, Walnut 3c #1335, MOD Abbey Wood
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 3067982927

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Air Commodities (AC), DE&S;
AC Comm 1b, Walnut 3c #1335, MOD Abbey Wood
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 3067982927

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

Air Commodities (AC), DE&S;
AC Comm 1b, Walnut 3c #1335, MOD Abbey Wood
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 3067982927

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
5.8.2013