Official UK procurement notice
Air Environment Safety Assessment Tool Technical Support, Training
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAir Environment Safety Assessment Tool Technical Support, Training
CPV: Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of the Air Environment Safety Assessment Tool Technical Support, TrainingAwarded
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
- 27 Apr 2022, 15:09 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Apr 2022, 15:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010839- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0330f5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
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 Security Services Limited | £370,980 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Air Environment Safety Assessment Tool Technical Support, Training · NCC Group Security Services Limited
- Signed
- 25 Apr 2022
- Value
- £370,980
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Defence Equipment & SupportReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NCC Group Security Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.