Official UK procurement notice
JSENS/00131 Extension to G-AMB Support Contract Voluntary Transparency Notice (VTN)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionJoint Sensors and Engagement Networks Team (JSENS), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to SAAB AB (publ) (the ‘Contractor’), by way of amendment to Contract JSENS/00131 (the ‘Contract’). The current Contract term shall be extended by 12 months, to 31st March 2025. The Contract is for the for the provision of logistic and integration support, and associated articles, in relation to the Giraffe-Agile Multi Beam (G-AMB) radars which support the UK Ministry of Defence’s Land Environment Air Picture Provision and Ground Based Air Defence capabilities. The Contract amendment has a value of between £5m-£9m (Ex VAT). The Contract therefore has an overall estimated value of £61,000,000 (Ex VAT).
CPV: Air defence radar
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts…
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, by way of an amendment to 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.
This is because the Contractor is the manufacturer of and design authority for, and holder of all relevant intellectual property rights and proprietary information (such as drawings and specifications) in, the G-AMB radars and the Authority procured:
(i) the G-AMB radars from the Contractor under the terms of a contract entered into on 17.8.2015 and
(ii) logistic support from the Contractor for such radars under contract JSENS/00131 entered into on 1.1.2019
No licences have been granted to any other persons, including the Authority, to obtain and exploit the drawings and specifications necessary to provide the requirement to support the equipment. The Contractor, as the only manufacturer and supplier of the G-AMB radars, is the only economic operator with the specific knowledge of the system to be able to support such equipment, avoiding incompatibility and safety issues and the need for the re-design of relevant components. The Contractor is therefore the only economic operator capable of meeting the Authority’s technical requirements under the Contract.
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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).
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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Technical Merit: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Technical Merit: 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
- 26 Jan 2024, 08:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Jan 2024, 08:27 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-002660- 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, by way of an amendment to 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.
No licences have been granted to any other persons, including the Authority, to obtain and exploit the drawings and specifications necessary to provide the requirement to support the equipment. The Contractor, as the only manufacturer and supplier of the G-AMB radars, is the only economic operator with the specific knowledge of the system to be able to support such equipment, avoiding incompatibility and safety issues and the need for the re-design of relevant components. The Contractor is therefore the only economic operator capable of meeting the Authority’s technical requirements under the Contract.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAAB AB (publ)Giraffe Agile-Multi Beam Radar (G-AMB) CLS Support ContractSubcontracting: declared | £61,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Giraffe Agile-Multi Beam Radar (G-AMB) CLS Support Contract · SAAB AB (publ)
- Signed
- 25 Jan 2024
- Value
- £61,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- JSENS Delivery Team, DE&SReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Saab AB (Publ.)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.