Official UK procurement notice
Air Environment Safety Assessment Tool Technical Support, Training
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Software based Air Environment Safety Assessment Tool Technical Support & Training
CPV: Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- 21 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004904- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0319c4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
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 DE&S Air Domain Safety & Engineering Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to NCC Group for the Air Environment Safety Assessment Tool on-going Technical Support for existing licenses, technical support and any user training. The Contract will be for a duration of three years. The intended Contract start date will be 31st March 2022.
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for technical reasons. This is on the basis that: (a) NCC Group are the only supplier able to provide software that meets all the MoD’s requirements, including its technical and airworthiness safety requirements; to utilize 3rd party software, software support and training would create significant and unacceptable risk to Air Safety across multiple Aircraft Platforms resulting in a loss of airworthiness and a substantial and unacceptable reduction in the operability of all the affected aircraft platforms (b) only NCC Group, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer of the Software, associated software support and training, have the necessary skills, experience and knowledge to provide the required technical support and user training and (c) only NCC Group have access to the necessary technical data, as they own the background IP to the software’s generic modules and source code required to provide the technical support.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCC Group PlcSubcontracting: declared | £445,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004904-2022-702285450-1 · NCC Group Plc
- Signed
- 19 Feb 2022
- Value
- £445,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- DE&SReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NCC GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.