Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Maintenance and Support for the FLIR Star Safire HD EO System
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis requirement is for maintenance and support to the Teledyne FLIR STAR SAFIRE HD Electro-Optical (EO) Camera Turret and video system, providing Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) operational capability. This procurement is for three years core maintenance support with a 9 month option to extend.
CPV: Electronic intelligence system · Surveillance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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 · publisher note attached- 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
- 13 Feb 2025, 16:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2025, 16:36 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005013- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ded8Find 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; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
The Multi Helicopter Platforms Delivery Team, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to award a single source contract to commence July 2025 to FLIR Systems Ltd for the provision of maintenance support for Star Safire HD Electro-Optical/Infra-Red Systems including operator and maintainer training courses on an ad hoc basis.
It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful and in accordance with regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracting Regulations (DSPCR) 2011. This is due to technical reasons, as it is technically impractical for an alternative supplier to meet this requirement.
The Authority intends to award the contract for five FLIR Star Safire HD (SSHD) systems for a period of up to 3 years 9 months inclusive of options, to ensure support to the platform’s Out of Service Date (OSD). The contract has an estimated value of £1.753M inclusive of VAT and options.
Publisher note: Cyber Security Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-250206A02 Cyber Risk Profile: N/A
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated13 Feb 2025, 16:36 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextVI.3 | Cyber Security Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-250206A02 Cyber Risk Profile: N/A | Cyber Security Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-250213A08 Cyber Risk Profile: Moderate | |
| — | TextVI.3 | Cyber Security Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-250206A02 Cyber Risk Profile: N/A | Cyber Security Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-250213A08 Cyber Risk Profile: Moderate |
2 amendments published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLIR Systems LimitedSMESubcontracting: declared | £1,400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005001-2025-1 · FLIR Systems LimitedSME
- Signed
- 7 Feb 2025
- Value
- £1,400,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FLIR Systems LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.