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Military Research & Technology. Provide a solution to mitigate shortfalls of current Radar Warning Receivers for airborne platforms

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

This notice is covered by: Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

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

Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL), DSTL
Porton Down
Contact point(s): DSTL Commercial Services
For the attention of: D Blackmore
SP4 0JQ Salisbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1980658288
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
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
Anticipated Airborne Advanced Radar Electronic Surveillance Techniques Programme (AAREST)
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 8: Research and development 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)
Military Research & Technology. Provide a solution to mitigate shortfalls of current Radar Warning Receivers for airborne platforms
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

73410000

II.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: 2 100 000 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 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
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive no
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive: no
Service contract awarded to the successful candidate or one of them after a design contest: no
All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or inacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria: no
Within the Stand In Jamming Project, Raytheon Company are the Design Authority for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) which is the platform Stand in Jammer operates from. Selex Galileo is the only licencee with Raytheon Company under a Manufacturing Licence Agreement together with a TAA to utilise this platform.
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
Lowest price
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
DSTLX-1-88680
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-2013111-DCB-5237004

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

DSTL, DSTL
Porton Down
SP4 0JQ Salidsbury
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1980658288

Body responsible for mediation procedures

DSTL, DSTL
Porton Down
SP4 0JQ Salisbury
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1980658288

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

DSTL, DSTL
Porton Down
SP4 0JQ Salisbury
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1980658288

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
1.11.2013