ADEWS/110 - Contract Award Notice (CAN)

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: UK

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Awarded 29 Mar 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Serco Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contractor Logistic Support of Lockheed Martin Radar Systems

CPV: Air defence radar

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

Extensions: For electrical power supply conversion system, remote radar control and air ground VHF/UHF radio systems.

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: Goods
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: 25 Apr 2023, 15:40 BST
Last source update: 25 Apr 2023, 15:40 BST
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-011861
Classification (CPV): Air defence radar
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c40e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: As the original equipment manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corporation own the technical data required for any contractor to provide any level of support to the Lockheed Martin manufactured radar systems. Serco Limited and their sub-contractor Lockheed Martin Corporation are the only suppliers with the required expertise, specific know how and data to provide the in depth support required. Lockheed Martin Corporation have granted Serco Limited the necessary permissions to allow them access to the technical data to perform the requirement.
Connected to Collings, Martin Mr (DES ADEWS-Comrcl Mgr 3) (martin.collings109@mod.gov.uk).
[‎25/‎04/‎2023 15:20] Collings, Martin Mr (DES ADEWS-Comrcl Mgr 3):
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As the original equipment manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corporation own the technical data required for any contractor to provide any level of support to the Lockheed Martin manufactured radar systems. Serco Limited and their sub-contractor Lockheed Martin Corporation are the only suppliers with the required expertise, specific know how and data to provide the in depth support required. Lockheed Martin Corporation have granted Serco Limited the necessary permissions to allow them access to the technical data to perform the requirement.
The Defence Equipment & Security Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems Delivery Team, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, has awarded the contract to Serco Limited for Contractor Logistic Support of Lockheed Martin Radar Systems. In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement fell 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). The technical data is controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence does not have the rights to release the relevant technical data for the purposes of competitive tendering nor does it have access to the relevant software codes and/or compiler information necessary for another contractor to perform the contract.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 29 Mar 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Serco LimitedContractor Logistic support of Lockhead Martin Radar systems	—	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contractor Logistic support of Lockhead Martin Radar systems · Serco Limited
Signed
29 Mar 2023
Value
—
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	£28,000,000 – £28,000,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Henlow, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

DE&SReview body Henlow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Serco LtdAwarded supplier Waterlooville, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.