Official UK procurement notice
Typhoon MIDS Field Service Engineer
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionField Service Engineer to support UK Typhoon MIDS
CPV: Engineering support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Field Service Engineer to support UK Typhoon MIDS TerminalsAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- 3 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005958- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031ddfFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
- Published justification
The Fast Air Support Team (FAST), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Data Link Solutions (DLS) for the provision of a UK Typhoon MIDS Field Service Engineer (FSE).
It is considered that for technical reasons this requirement can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of the Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). This is because all of the MIDS terminals fitted to the UK Typhoon fleet have been sourced from DLS and as a result, only DLS as the OEM has the requisite knowledge and access to the vendor-specific technical information necessary to provide the level of support needed. The activities of the FSE depend upon direct access to knowledge from multiple disciplines within the OEM organisation, including project management, contracts, export control, security, quality assurance, configuration management, in addition to hardware, software, systems and logistics engineering. MIDS information is subject to both US ITAR and US FMS controls, limiting access to detailed data. MIDS data release is directed by the five MIDS Core Nations (US, Germany, Italy, Spain and France) who sit on the MIDS International Project Office (IPO) Steering Committee and certain information is not releasable to MIDS 3rd Party Nations such as the UK. As a result, no other economic operator would be able to provide the critical support at all levels and meet the vital certification needs. DLS is the only economic operator who can meet this requirement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Link Solutions, LLC | £1,040,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005958-2022-1 · Data Link Solutions, LLC
- Signed
- 24 Feb 2022
- Value
- £1,040,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ministry of Defence, Fast Air Support Team (FAST)Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Data Link Solutions LLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.