Official UK procurement notice
ASCE Support - VTN · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement for Assurance & Safety Case Environment (ASCE) licence support and training for the Air Environment (AE) Users
CPV: Software integration consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of Adelard Assurance & Safety Case Environment (ASCE)
Provision of Adelard Assurance & Safety Case Environment (ASCE)
licence support and training for the Air Environment (AE) Users. Delivery and
management of the Air Systems Type Airworthiness Safety Assessments, which
underpins the Duty Holders Air System Safety Cases.
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
- 26 Mar 2025, 14:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2025, 14:29 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011344- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f8faFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
(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. The ASCE application is registered on the Defence Application Register as an MOD approved application. To transfer to 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 LimitedASCE SupportSubcontracting: declared | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
ASCE Support · NCC Group Security Services Limited
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | £146,550 – £146,550 |
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.