Official UK procurement notice
29 month in-service support to the Joint Common Remote Viewing Terminal (JCRVT)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe TacSys Service Executive (SE) within Defence Digital, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to place with L3Harris Communications Systems UK Limited a 29-month contract for the provision of Level 4 technical support services to Joint Common Remote Viewing Terminal (JCRVT).
The JCRVT capability provides a mobile capability which is flexible and configurable to securely receive and transmit digital and analogue Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR), specifically Full Motion Video
(FMV) in real time, including associated Meta data at two protective markings (OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE and
SECRET).
CPV: Integrated telecommunications services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The In-Service support to JCRVT shall provide:
The In-Service support to JCRVT shall provide:
- detailed engineering/technical support and guidance
to the Authority on product design and operational use, maintenance and updates to JCRVT
- publications (Army Equipment Support Publications (AESPs), training courseware and Safety Assessment
Report (SAR)),
- management of shared data store to assist with configuration control of documents,
- obsolescence management (down to component level) to assist the Authority with ensuring the
equipment remains available to the User until any major refresh is planned or required;
- provision of Post Design Services (PDS) via a tasking form arrangement, potentially to rectify an obsolescence issues
and/or provision of technical information to another MOD Delivery Team with regard to the integration
of JCRVT with other MOD capabilities.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- 8 Aug 2024, 14:09 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Aug 2024, 14:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-025060- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0488ffFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
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 contract 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 Contract Regulations 2011 (DSPCR)) due to technical reasons. Following the competitive procedure, the Authority awarded the JCRVT manufacture and support contract to L3Harris in 2016; L3Harris are the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and have the specific technical skills, know-how and experience in providing the necessary Contractor Technical Support and Services to support
and upgrade the equipment when required. They are also the only supplier who have access to the
product design information to enable them to undertake any support and design modifications to the
JCRVT system. Choosing to compete this requirement would introduce the possibility of contravention
of the Defence Safety Authority (DSA) regulations as it would not be possible to ensure that another
contractor could be sufficiently qualified within the requisite timeframes to undertake design and
manufacture activities without including an associated unacceptable level of risk. This would result in
the Authority not being able to fulfil safety requirements which are required to ensure the safe functioning of the User community. Due to the above reasons the requirement will continue as a single
source requirement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| L3Harris Communications Systems UK Limited | £2,564,167 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025060-2024-1 · L3Harris Communications Systems UK Limited
- Signed
- 23 Jul 2024
- Value
- £2,564,167
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- L3Harris Communications Systems UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.