Break Fix Support · UK public procurement notice

CPV: Engineering support services · Technical support services

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

18 Dec 2023, 13:21 GMT

Last source update

18 Dec 2023, 13:21 GMT

FTS notice number

2023/S 000-037118

Classification (CPV)

Engineering support servicesTechnical support services

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-042670 Find 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 with Fujitsu using the

negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive

2009/81/EC (Regulations 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract

Regulations 2011). This is for the following Technical Reasons: BAES are an approved

design organisation under the Military Aviation Authority’s Design Approved

Organisation Scheme and within that approval are listed as Senior Design staff with

approval to certify Design Certificates for Typhoon software and Hardware. The Military

Aviation Authority (MAA) requires that this DAOS approved organisation has extensive

Typhoon Engineering Support Subsystem design experience and this currently cannot

be achieved outside of the BAES environment in the case of UK Engineering Support

Subsystem, ESS. BAES as the Design Authority determine the type and specification of

the hardware we require, which is signed off by the Design Authorities safety and

Airworthiness team. The support contract can only be placed with Fujitsu, as Fujitsu is

the only company authorised by BAES to supply DA/SDR approved equipment and

spares support to assure the validity of the design and use criteria detailed in the

Declaration of Design and Performance, DDP, which covers the safety and

airworthiness of the product and therefore the platform.In addition, Fujitsu are the

Manufacturer and Supplier of the hardware used at UK Main Operating Bases, MOBs

and therefore are the only party with the required Subject Matter Experts, SMEs able to

sustain integrity of the systems. Furthermore Fujitsu is the only supplier possessing the

specific know-how required to support the equipment and provide airworthiness and

safety with a through-life support contract, with spares and specific knowledgeable

engineers.

Publisher note: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

• Fujitsu Services LimitedAwarded supplier Basingstoke, UK

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