HORN in Service Support VTN

CPV: Repair and maintenance services

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)

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

19 Jan 2021, 12:32 GMT

Last source update

19 Jan 2021, 12:32 GMT

Authority reference

707039441

FTS notice number

2021/S 000-001057

Classification (CPV)

Repair and maintenance services

Delivery area

South East (UKJ26)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-028b77 Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

The Specialist Explosive Ordinance Disposal & Search, Exploitation & Countermeasures (SEEC) Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Cobham Aerospace Connectivity for up to 7 years for in service support of HORN, which is a handheld metal detector. It is considered that this contract can be awarded to Cobham Aerospace Connectivity using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to (Regulations 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011), for technical reasons. This is because Cobham Aerospace Connectivity is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of HORN and is the only supplier to have access to the required equipment for calibration, performance verification, diagnostics and fault code clearing for these devices. In addition, Cobham Aerospace Connectivity have specialist and in-depth knowledge of the functioning of the HORN fleet enabling more effective technical support and are the owners of detailed configuration management documents that would not be accessible to new contractors. Cobham Aerospace Connectivity, as the OEM, are the only company with specialist knowledge of HORN, any other company would have to reverse-engineer the detector to understand its make-up and perform extensive testing and trials in order to ensure that the risk to users from safety critical parts remains as low as is reasonably practicable. As such, Cobham Aerospace Connectivity are the only supplier able to carry out repairs and in-service support due to the tools and expertise required

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