Official UK procurement notice
Giraffe-1X Contract Amendment - Emulator Training Suite
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Secretary of State for Defence (the “Authority”) intends to amend the contract JSENS/00161 with SAAB Ltd. to include procurement and development of a synthetic emulator training suite that would enable delivery of training to multiple personnel in a single training event with an estimated value of £1M.
CPV: Radar
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of a G1X Radar Synthetic Trainer that will enable the Training Personnel to…
Provision of a G1X Radar Synthetic Trainer that will enable the Training Personnel to deliver Operator Training to multiple students in a controlled manner through controlled target generation, provided by scenarios created within the Training system. This will enable a controlled and single air picture to be delivered to all students through their individual terminals during training, enabling focus onto likely target types and replicating likely scenarios.
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- The most economically advantageous tender: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- The most economically advantageous tender: 100
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
- Goods
- 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
- 2 Oct 2024, 17:46 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2024, 17:46 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031611- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with [Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons the contract may be awarded to SAAB Ltd.
The G1X is a crucial part of Air Defence capability that relies on up-to-date training and SQEP. The Authority’s view is that only SAAB Ltd can provide the actual software that would be in use on the G1X, providing a 100% accurate replication of the system in terms of functionality and the Air picture that is fed from G1X radar. Any attempt by a 3rd party to replicate the G1X would be based on observing outputs from the radar would run the risk of not being 100% accurate owing to not having access to all coding, functionality, and scenarios. This would impact on the quality of the training and thus having skilled G1X operators in the field. SAAB Ltd. control and issue Software updates and patches that 3rd parties do not have access to immediately, therefore the impact of this is that a 3rd Party supplied emulator/Synthetic Trainer would be running on previous versions whilst the software update and impact is assessed, coded, and then implemented. Any “lag” in training would have a detrimental effect on Air Defence capability and would be unacceptable.”
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saab UK LtdSubcontracting: declared | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 031611-2024-1 · Saab UK Ltd
- Signed
- 2 Oct 2024
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Defence Equipment & SupportReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SAAB LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.