Official UK procurement notice
708291450 - Project DEIMOS VTN
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Rapid Capabilities Office, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“The Authority”), intends to award Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (“the Contractor”) a contract for experimentation on the capability to visualise MADL data from the F-35 on Nexus, an integrated set of technologies that enable acquisition, preparation, delivery, and governance of MOD information. The estimated value is £850k Ex VAT with an expected duration of 6 months.
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI No.2019/697) this procurement shall be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCR 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 this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) and is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. LM have exclusive rights to the MADL data, the Open Systems Gateway which processes the data into UCI and the schema of the UCI. The RCO needs access to the UCI in order to connect the MADL information to be visualised on Nexus. Therefore, the RCO requires a single source justification to be able to experiment as part of DEIMOS. The Contractor is therefore the only supplier able to meet the requirement.
CPV: Military research and technology
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1See VTN description above
What 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- 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
- 4 Oct 2023, 13:34 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Oct 2023, 13:34 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029252- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0407d7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The Rapid Capabilities Office, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“The Authority”), intends to award Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (“the Contractor”) a contract for experimentation on the capability to visualise MADL data from the F-35 on Nexus, an integrated set of technologies that enable acquisition, preparation, delivery, and governance of MOD information. The estimated value is £850k Ex VAT with an expected duration of 6 months.
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI No.2019/697) this procurement shall be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCR 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 this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) and is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. LM have exclusive rights to the MADL data, the Open Systems Gateway which processes the data into UCI and the schema of the UCI. The RCO needs access to the UCI in order to connect the MADL information to be visualised on Nexus. Therefore, the RCO requires a single source justification to be able to experiment as part of DEIMOS. The Contractor is therefore the only supplier able to meet the requirement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Aeronautics LtdProject DEIMOSSubcontracting: declared | £850,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Project DEIMOS · Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Ltd
- Signed
- 4 Oct 2023
- Value
- £850,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.