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Published 27 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Project KARKINOS ADEWS/099 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£42,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Jan 2022
Awarded to Serco Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contractor Logistic Support (all lines of maintenance) of Air Defence Radars

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The land based Air Defence Radar Fleet provides long-range surveillance of UK…

The land based Air Defence Radar Fleet provides long-range surveillance of UK airspace, through detection of cooperating and non-cooperating targets and reporting of that data to provide situational awareness and enable decision making such as Quick Reaction Alert (QRA).

Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) is delivered from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and current CLS provider, Lockheed-Martin Overseas Corporation (LMOC). The existing contract is due to expire on 31 July 22. 1st to 2nd line support is currently provided by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Trade Group 4 (TG4). Due to the ever-increasing demands across Defence, TG4 is recognised as an opportunity to reduce legacy regular demand on the RAF to enable reinvestment into other growth areas and therefore the requirement arises to provide CLS support for all lines of maintenance. The requirement is for a 5-year contract at a value of between £32000000 and £52000000 to provide all levels of maintenance to certain land-based Air Defence surveillance radars to include remote site manager duties.

Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • 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
27 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
27 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-002484
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03104d Find 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

As the OEM, LMOC own the technical data required for any Contractor to provide any level of maintenance and support to the LMOC manufactured radar fleet. LMOC and their preferred sub-contractor Serco are the only suppliers with the required expertise, specific know how and data to provide in depth support that ensure the specified performance for the radar fleet are maintained and of providing the safety case to ensure compatibility and interoperability of the CLS services in general, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Authority. LMOC have granted Serco with the necessary permissions to allow them access to the technical data to perform the requirement.

The Defence Equipment & Security Air Defence Electronic Warfare Systems team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a five-year contract to Serco for Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) to MOD’s Air Defence surveillance radar capability. In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 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 the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(b)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. The technical data is controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Authority does not have the rights to release the relevant technical data for the purposes of competitive tendering nor does it have access to the relevant software codes and/or compiler information necessary for another contractor to perform the contract. LMOC is unwilling to allow any Contractor, other than SERCO, rights to the export controlled technical data.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £42,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jan 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Serco LimitedSubcontracting: declared£42,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 002484-2022-1 · Serco Limited

    Signed
    27 Jan 2022
    Value
    £42,000,000
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Air Defence & Electronic Warfare Systems, (ADEWS), Building 85, RAF Henlow, Henlow, UK, SG16 6DNContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Air Defence & Electronic Warfare Systems (ADEWS)Review body RAF Henlow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Serco LtdAwarded supplier Unit A, Wellington Gate, Waterlooville, UK, PO7 7XY

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.