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701264395 - Support of the Vicon 78 Series 455 Counter Measure Dispensing System (CMDS)

Maintenance and repair services
Repair and maintenance services
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published0
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "701264395 - Support of the Vicon 78 Series 455 Counter Measure Dispensing System (CMDS)". Published status: award. Published value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Recorded
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 2 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
StatusNot published
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published2 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
Last source update2 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMaintenance and repair services, Repair and maintenance services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02fcad
What is being bought
Contract Award Notice for Support of VICON 78 Series 455 CMDS, which is a theatre-entry standard (TES) system currently fitted to various Aircraft Platforms.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    2 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
  2. Buyer information updated
    2 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (0)
Published by the contracting authority
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No lots are published for this procedure
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 12 Nov 2020, 00:00 GMT · £4,872,567
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Thales UK Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£4,872,567 · signed 12 Nov 2020, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1
electronicBids: 1
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-FTS-36591
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  • Ministry of Defence
    buyer

    MOD Abbey Wood, #1027 | NH1 Atrium, Bristol, BS34 8JH
    matthew.rowan101@mod.gov.uk

  • Ministry of Defence
    reviewBody

    Bristol

  • Not Applicable
    mediationBody

    Not Applicable

  • Not Applicable
    reviewContactPoint

    Not applicable

  • Thales UK Limited
    supplier

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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationale1) The Air Platform Systems (APS) Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MOD”), intends to place a three (3) year contract with two (2) one (1) year options with Thales UK for the through life support of Vicon 455 Countermeasure Dispensing Systems (CMDS) that are fitted to Wildcat, Shadow and Defender aircraft. 2) 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 UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. 3) The continued support required by MOD to existing in-service equipment must be contracted directly with Thales UK, procuring alternative equipment or contracting support from a supplier other than Thales is not possible for the following reasons: a) Interoperability issues, necessitating the substantial re-design and structural modification of complex military equipment, including the installation of specific wiring, to the existing UK aircraft fleets fitted with Vicon 455 CMDS to enable embodiment of alternative CMDS equipment; b) Incompatibility between the existing in-service systems/equipment and the alternative CMDS equipment resulting in further complex design and modification [which, for operational reasons, would be so time consuming as to potentially jeopardise the safe functioning of the Armed Forces]; c) The need to retrain technicians and system experts which would lead to a gap in knowledge that would have a significant risk and impact on current operations and ability for the in-service aircraft to fulfil their operational commitment.