Official UK procurement notice
Combat Systems Highway · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn service support for Combat System Highway
CPV: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1In Service Support for Combat System Highway
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Lowest price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- 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
- 10 Aug 2022, 11:21 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jan 2023, 15:32 GMT
- Authority reference
703990450-RT- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000996- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035a84Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; All tenders submitted in reply to a restricted procedure, negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice or competitive dialogue were irregular or unacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria; 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 Ministry of Defence (‘the Authority’), intends to place a Contract of up to 7 years with SEA Limited (‘SEA’) for In Service Support to Combat System Highway. The estimated value of this contract is £3,820,000.
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for Technical Reasons. SEA is the Design Organisation (DO) for the Combat Systems Highway (CSH), a legacy safety critical system and has provided support to the CSH since 1984. As such, SEA is the only entity with the requisite in-depth technical knowledge, expertise and specific know-how as well as the tools, test equipment and means necessary to fulfil this requirement. It is considered that to utilise another contractor which does not have access to these resources could present significant safety risks for the Ministry of Defence. Without access to the proprietary documentation, technical drawings, tooling and test equipment, specific manufacturing processes and knowledge and expertise, any goods provided by another entity would require new testing, new verification, and validation to ensure that the Safety and Suitability for Service of the system, operational performance and effectiveness, and the interoperability is not compromised and that the Safety Case for the system is not invalidated. This would all be at a disproportionate cost and time to the Authority.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated12 Jan 2023, 15:32 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd | £1,604,463 † | — | Awarded |
| System Engineering Assessment (SEA) LtdSubcontracting: declared | £3,800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000996-2023-703990450-1 · Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd
- Signed
- 30 Nov 2022
- Value
- £1,604,463
- Status
- active
Combat System Highway · System Engineering Assessment (SEA) Ltd
- Signed
- 10 Aug 2022
- Value
- £3,800,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- System Engineering Assessment (SEA) LtdAwarded supplier
- Systems Engineering Assessment LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.