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Gothic Aps Support and Maintenance Contract

System and support services
East of England (UKH12)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C: "Gothic Aps Support and Maintenance Contract". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence, C&C, C&CScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
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Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 3 active published awards; 2 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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, C&C, C&C
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published12 Feb 2021, 14:32 GMT
Last source update12 Feb 2021, 14:32 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSystem and support services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0292cd
What is being bought
The UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract with 1Spatial Group Ltd on a Single Source basis for a duration of 2 years, with options of up to an additional 2 years. The Contract is for software maintenance and repair services and will provide support and maintenance for the bespoke software and applications that make up the GOTHIC Aeronautical Production Systems (APS). Justification for Single Source is made on Technical grounds due to the requirement for 1Spatial Group Ltd to undertake modifications and upgrades to the Gothic code.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Feb 2021, 14:32 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    12 Feb 2021, 14:32 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    12 Feb 2021, 14:32 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract with 1Spatial Group Ltd on a Single Source basis for a duration of 2 years plus a further 1 year option. The Contract is for software maintenance and repair services and will provide support and maintenance for the bespoke software and applications that make up the GOTHIC Aeronautical Production Systems (APS). Justification for Single Source is made on Technical grounds due to 1Spatial Group Ltd having to undertake modifications and upgrades to the Gothic code.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    12 Feb 2021, 14:32 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 7 Dec 2020, 00:00 GMT · £2,361,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
1Spatial Group Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Gothic APS Support and Maintenance
£2,361,000 · signed 7 Dec 2020, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C

Contracting authority GB-FTS-5509
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  • Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
    buyer
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    reviewContactPoint

    Strategic Command Commercial, Spur B2, Building 405, MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, UKK15, SN13 9NR
    DefComrclCC-JFC3All@mod.gov.uk
    +44 3067701854

  • 1Spatial Group Limited
    supplier

    Tennyson House, Cowley Road, Cambridge, UKH12, CB4 0WZ
    Dan.Warner@1spatial.com
    +44 1223420414
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe contract has not been awarded; this notice is published for transparency. The value of the contract has been estimated. 1Spatial Group Ltd are the only company who can carry out the services relating to the Gothic APS Support and Maintenance Contract on technical grounds under the DSPCR regulations Clause 16(1)(a)(ii). This is due to the complexity of the software: No1 AIDU relies on the Gothic APS software to produce Aeronautical Information (AI) products for UK Defence aviation activities on an Internationally mandated legislative cycle of 28 days known as Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control (AIRAC). 1Spatial Group Ltd own the IPR for the Gothic (source code). The MOD own the IPR for APS. The APS code is dependent on the Gothic proprietary core technology, the two are integrated and the bespoke software will not function without the proprietary software underpinning it. Gothic consists of approximately six million lines of source code, including extensive comments. Bugs in the Gothic or APS code are required to be fixed and enhancements provided as a result of changes to the specification or new requirements from front line users. It would be prohibitively expensive and virtually impossible to fix bugs or enhance the software based on decompiled versions of this volume of code. The Gothic APS system includes many highly complex and specialised proprietary components including the topology engine, the rules language, the computational geometry, geodetic calculations, the Gothic database etc. Furthermore, a very wide range of languages and technologies are utilised. It is not possible for another supplier to do the work because of the complexity of the software and the linkages between what is owned by MOD and 1Spatial, which would mean opening up both areas of code to fix bugs or provide a change request.