Official UK procurement notice
Future Combat Air System Acquisition Programme
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDelivery of the UK led Concept & Assessment Phase Option, for the Future Combat Air System Acquisition Programme (FCAS AP). UK industry led by BAE Systems will work in a collaborative enterprise approach with International Partners to undertake concept development, technology maturation, technical demonstration planning & critical programme enablers.
CPV: Military aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1For description see short description above
For description see short description above. This covers the phased release of additional funding and is not a new requirement. Additional information: This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier.
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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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Technical & Capacity: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Technical & Capacity: 100
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
- Goods
- 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
- 15 Feb 2023, 09:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2023, 14:25 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004904- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a5c1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; 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
Combat aircraft are highly integrated, complex systems which provide a fundamental component of military capability in offensive, defensive and intelligence-gathering operations. Bringing a new design of combat aircraft into service can take up to 20 years and requires significant investment in the areas of research, development, manufacture and Test & Evaluation. The Future Combat Air System Acquisition Programme (FCAS AP) Concept and Assessment Phase is a continuation of the Research and development commenced by Team Tempest (MOD/BAE/Leonardo/MBDA/Rolls Royce) and will further the UK led Concept & Assessment Phase Option by working with International Partners to undertake concept development, technology maturation, technical demonstration planning & critical programme enablers ahead of outline business case 2 (OBC2) option down select.
It is essential within the UK led option that the supplier has significant footprint in the UK to offer a solution which is responsive and where ITAR/Export Controls can be minimised to offer the UK Freedom of action. BAE Systems uniquely possess the capability in the UK for design organisation and systems integration, to integrate engines, sensors and weapons within an efficient platform design minimising size and weight, and hence cost. Consequently BAE have been selected by the MOD to be the lead Contractor for the on behalf of UK industry in this next phase.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.1) Title | £1,400,000,00 | Future Combat Air System Acquisition Programme |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bae Systems (Operations) LimitedSubcontracting: declared | £1,400,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Future Combat Air System Acquisition Programme · Bae Systems (Operations) Limited
- Signed
- 4 Jun 2021
- Value
- £1,400,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- DE&S Catalyst Comrcl Dep HdReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BAE Systems (Operations) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.