413,333.00 · UK public procurement notice

CPV: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)

Procurement category

Goods

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

29 Mar 2023, 15:48 BST

Last source update

29 Mar 2023, 15:48 BST

FTS notice number

2023/S 000-009182

Classification (CPV)

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

The Artillery Systems Team, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to BAE Systems. The contract will be for a last time buy of BAE System’s product ‘MPE-S Type 2 with SAASM’ (Miniature Programmable Lightweight GPS Receiver Engine with S being the SAASM (Selective Availability Anti Spoofing Module)). The order will be placed within the next month (September 2022) and has an estimated value of £500,000.00.

In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this contract is 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 this 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 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.

1. This is because the consequences and impact of not undertaking this purchase are:

a) BAE will sell the MPE-S Type 2 with SAASM to others as this was a last time buy in 2021 and.

b) BAE are the only source of MPE-S Type 2 with SAASM’ as it is their proprietary product and falls under International Traffic of Arms Regulations (ITAR)

• BAE SystemsAwarded supplier Iowa, US

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