504000 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South West (UKK25)

Awarded value£1,433,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 May 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Mass Consultants Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Network Electronic Warfare Training Simulators (NEWTS)

CPV: Software supply services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South West

Extensions: 1x 1 option year

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 May 2024, 11:47 BST
Last source update: 17 May 2024, 11:47 BST
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-015687
Classification (CPV): Software supply services
Delivery area: South West (UKK25)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045a5e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: The UK Ministry of Defence (“The Authority”) intends to award a contract with MASS Consultancy UK (“the
Contractor”) for software to maintain the existing simulation package for Network Electronic Warfare
Training Simulators (NEWTS) at a value of £504,000.00. NEWTS trains and educates Aeronautical
Engineering (AE), Electronic and Mechanical Engineering (EME), Nuclear and Marine Engineering (MarE) and
Communication Information systems (CIS) personnel in order to meet Defence requirements.
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit)
Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the
Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI
2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no
longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract
notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance
with regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) on the grounds of technical reasons.
The Authority does not currently have access to technical documentation and knowhow which would allow
a new supplier to deliver the requirement, addressing the interdependencies and managing the risks to
operational safety. A new model could increase the risk of technical incompatibility, reduced quality,
operational ineffectiveness and would increase the resource and training burden

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,433,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 May 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Mass Consultants Ltd	£1,433,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Network Electronic Warfare Training Simulators (NEWTS) · Mass Consultants Ltd
Signed
1 May 2024
Value
£1,433,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Blanford, South West, DT11 8RHContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Air CommericalReview body Cosford

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Mass Consultants LtdAwarded supplier Cambridgeshire, East of England

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.