Provision of Spares and Post Design Services for Headsets

CPV: Electronic and electrical spare parts for military aerospace equipment

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

24 Jul 2023, 14:21 BST

Last source update

24 Jul 2023, 14:21 BST

FTS notice number

2023/S 000-021312

Classification (CPV)

Electronic and electrical spare parts for military aerospace equipment

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive

Published justification

The Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract with Racal Acoustics Limited for the purchase of spares to repair the headsets and provision of Spares Support and Post Design Services for a period of 2 years with the option of 1 priced option year. The estimated total contract value is £2.5M (VAT inc) for a period of 2 years with 1 priced option year.

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 (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. It is believed that the services to be provided under the contract can only be supplied by the Contractor, and that therefore, competition is absent.

Racal Acoustics Limited are the only economic operator that has the technical expertise to manufacture and supply the spares to repair the headsets. Racal headsets are currently used in service, covering various platforms, each platform requires the headsets to be MAA certified for safety reasons and must be repaired and maintained with official Racal parts to conform to the certification requirements.

Publisher note: The Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract with Racal Acoustics Limited for the purchase of spares to repair the headsets and provision of Spares Support and Post Design Services for a period of 2 years with the option of 1 priced option year. The estimated total contract value is £2.5M (VAT Inc) for a period of 2 years with 1 priced option year. 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 (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. It is believed that the services to be provided under the contract can only be supplied by the Contractor, and that therefore, competition is absent. Racal Acoustics Limited are the only economic operator that has the technical expertise to manufacture and supply the spares to repair the headsets. Racal headsets are currently used in service, covering various platforms, each platform requires the headsets to be MAA certified for safety reasons and must be repaired and maintained with official Racal parts to conform to the certification requirements

• Racal Acoustics LtdAwarded supplier Hailsham. United Kingdom, Hailsham. United Kingdom, UK, HA1 4TR

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