Official UK procurement notice
710813450 - Provision of RAFAT Information Management System
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Military Flight Training Systems Hawk Delivery Team, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) proposes to place a contract with tlmNexus for the provision of the Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team Information Management System (RIMS). The term of the proposed contract is 3 years with options to extend until the TMk1 OSD. The requirement has an estimated value of £3M.
In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). 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 (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015 because competition is absent for technical reasons.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Lowest price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Feb 2024, 15:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Feb 2024, 15:32 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-005259- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The UK Military Flight Training Systems Hawk Delivery Team, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) proposes to place a contract with tlmNexus for the provision of the Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team Information Management System (RIMS). The term of the proposed contract is 3 years with options to extend until the TMk1 OSD. The requirement has an estimated value of £3M.
In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). 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 (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015 because competition is absent for technical reasons. This is because tlmNexus as the Original Equipment Manufacturer, are the only entity that has the required technical knowledge, know-how, relevant expertise and ability to support the current IMS. Transfer of the solution to a new contractor and hence a different technical solution would present an unacceptable airworthiness and operational risk. In addition, this poses a Human Factors safety implication expecting RAFAT personnel to transfer to yet another IMS. This is considered a significant safety risk that is not acceptable to the Authority. tlmNexus hold proprietary information and documentation for RIMS which the UK MoD do not have rights of access to and which would be necessary in order to meet the requirement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| tlmNexus LtdSMESubcontracting: declared | £3,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005259-2024-1 · tlmNexus LtdSME
- Signed
- 16 Feb 2024
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hawk Delivery Team, UK Military Flying Training SystemReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- tlmNexus LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.