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FSASTC/00114 - FsAST - HIGH G TRAINING AND TEST CAPABILITY
Defence services
military defence services and civil defence services
Preventive maintenance services
+1 more
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published0
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "FSASTC/00114 - FsAST - HIGH G TRAINING AND TEST CAPABILITY". Published status: award. Published value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Ministry of Defence | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Recorded No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
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Coverage: 1 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 |
Published4 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT | Last source update4 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationDefence services, military defence services and civil defence services, Preventive maintenance services, Specialist training services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03071e | ||
What is being bought
High G Human Centrifuge Training and Test Capability - service provision and equipment maintenance for 3 years + 1 year Optional extension
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
4 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT - Buyer information updated
4 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (0)
Published by the contracting authority
No lots are published for this procedure
Timeline
- Procedure published
4 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 29 Nov 2021, 00:00 GMT · £10,984,833
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Thales UK Ltd Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £10,984,833 · signed 29 Nov 2021, 00:00 GMT · active |
Bid statistics bids: 1 electronicBids: 1 |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Ministry of Defence
Contracting authority GB-FTS-39525Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers Team, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”) intends to place a new contract with Thales UK Limited (“Thales”) for the continued service provision and equipment maintenance of the High G Centrifuge in Cranwell together with the continued development of the training and test programme and safety case. The current contract has been in place for nearly 2 years and is due to expire in November 2021. The Authority intends to place a new contract with Thales for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months. The value of this new contract is estimated to be approximately £7-9 million. It is considered that this contract can be entered into by the Authority without the prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 on the basis that no economic operator aside from Thales UK is capable of meeting the Authority's requirements for technical reasons. For reasons unforeseeable by both the Authority and Thales the development of the safety case and training programme will not be at a sufficient level of maturity to enable the on-going requirement to be competed upon expiry of the current contract due to the lack of robust data which it is envisaged will be available on expiry of the current contract. Furthermore, there is only one company (Thales UK), who can provide the on-going services as they are the only ones who have the know-how and expertise to provide the continuing services. To hand the continuing development of the safety case and training programme to another provider would for interchangeability and interoperability reasons be strictly impractical as a new provider would have to repeat the vast majority of the work already done. This would cause delay, significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for the Authority. In addition, to provide incomplete or immature data merely for the purposes of a competition, before it is at a sufficient stage of maturity risks endangering life. The Authority intends competing the on-going requirement as soon as it is practicable for it to do so |