JSENS/00154 - In-Service Support For The Ground Based Air Defence Battlefield Information System Application (GBAD BISA)

Official notice

Authority: Defence Equipment and Support

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South West (UKK15)

Awarded value£2,574,259published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Mar 2021no call for competition

Awarded to Bae Systems (Operations) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Joint Sensors and Engagement Networks (JSENs) Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the Authority), intends to place a new Contract with BAE (Operations) Limited (the Contractor) for the continued in-service support and provision of software licences and equipment for the Ground Based Air Defence Battlefield Information System Application. This support will include modification to the software to ensure it remains compatible with the Bowman system on which it is hosted, as that system undergoes Capability Uplift software updates. The contract shall be for a period of three years, with an option to extend for a further six months and will have an additional tasking mechanism.

CPV: Engineering support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1This requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior…Awarded

This requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. Although the MoD has user rights to elements of the software, other non-separable software elements over which BAES retain exclusive rights and MoD’s licences to those elements do not permit the Department to provide access to the software to any third party. It is not possible to view the different software elements in isolation, as the existing GBAD BISA software is a single application, which is subsequently incorporated onto the Bowman platform. The software elements are integrated and, as such, it is not possible to split out the elements, isolate them, and support them individually. Thus, the Contractor is the only economic operator that has at its disposal the technical expertise to support and modify the integrated software.

Delivery: South West · Wiltshire CC

Extensions: There is an Option to extend for a further six months.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 27 Apr 2021, 16:24 BST
Last source update: 27 Apr 2021, 16:24 BST
Authority reference: JSENS/00154
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-009032
Classification (CPV): Engineering support services
Delivery area: South West (UKK15)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02aab9 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
Although the MoD has user rights to elements of the software, there remain other non-separable software elements over which BAES retain exclusive rights and MoD’s licences to those elements do not permit the Department to provide access to the software to any third party. It is not possible to view the different software elements in isolation, as the existing GBAD BISA software is a single application, which is subsequently incorporated onto the Bowman platform. The software elements are integrated into a seamless software build and, as such, it is not possible to split out the elements, isolate them, and support them individually. Thus, the Contractor is the only economic operator that has at its disposal the technical expertise to support and modify the integrated software.

Publisher note: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2021427-DCB-18145826

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,574,2591 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Bae Systems (Operations) LimitedIn-Service Support For The Ground Based Air Defence Battlefield Information System Application (GBAD BISA)	£2,574,259 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

In-Service Support For The Ground Based Air Defence Battlefield Information System Application (GBAD BISA) · Bae Systems (Operations) Limited
Signed
31 Mar 2021
Value
£2,574,259
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Defence Equipment & Support

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence MOD Abbeywood, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

BAE Systems (Operations) LimitedAwarded supplier Warwick House, Farnborough, South East, GU14 6YUContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

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