Official UK procurement notice
Project CERBERUS - SACC/00003
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to amend Contract SACC/00003 with IBM United Kingdom Ltd (the “Contractor”) to allow continued support to Falkland Island Command and Control System (FCCS) for a further 6 months period plus two three months costed options. The FCCS system monitors Falkland Island airspace and satisfies the enduring requirement the MoD has to conduct Air Command and Control for the defence of UK Overseas Territories. The contract amendment will have a value of £750,000 ex VAT.
CPV: Technical computer support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Contractor Logistic Support to Falkland Island Command and Control System
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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
- 26 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-002366- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030fd7Find a Tender
- 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
It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to (regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
As the original system designer and manufacturer, IBM have over 20 years’ experience operating the FCCS System which is complex and requires significant expertise and experience to integrate the many individual hardware and software components that it is made up from. In addition, IBM have the necessary test and maintenance facility required to provide this continued support. The FCCS system is aging with significant obsolescence issues in the supportability of the core system and the associated voice communications system. It is considered that only the Contractor has the technical experience and expertise and facilities at its disposal to support this critical system prior to its end of service, when it will be replaced by the MoD’s new GUARDIAN system (which was procured via a competitive tender exercise advertised in the OJEU.)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDProject CERBERUSSubcontracting: declared | £56,750,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Project CERBERUS · IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Signed
- 18 Jan 2022
- Value
- £56,750,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- IBM United Kingdom LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.