Official UK procurement notice
Provision of WADER Software Upgrade Plan
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Royal Navy, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to award a 2-year initial contract with contractual options for 2 further years, with a value of £1,380,399.00 (excluding vat and option years), to Ocean Acoustic Developments Ltd for the provision of an Annual Upgrade Plan for WADER sonar range prediction software to MOD. In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). 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 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015 because competition is absent for technical reasons. The MOD needs to be able to access software upgrades, updates, software development, and technical support and training for the WADER software, which can only be met by Ocean Acoustic Developments Ltd who, as the developer and owner of the source code in the software, is the only supplier with the IPR, technical skills and expertise to deliver the ongoing support requirements under the Annual Upgrade Plan.
CPV: Industry specific software development services · License management software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- 31 May 2022, 19:07 BST
- Last source update
- 31 May 2022, 19:07 BST
- Authority reference
704091454- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015281- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034257Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure; 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
The Royal Navy, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to award a 2-year initial contract with contractual options for 2 further years, with a value of £1,380,399.00 (excluding vat and option years), to Ocean Acoustic Developments Ltd for the provision of an Annual Upgrade Plan for WADER sonar range prediction software to MOD. In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). 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 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015 because competition is absent for technical reasons. The MOD needs to be able to access software upgrades, updates, software development, and technical support and training for the WADER software, which can only be met by Ocean Acoustic Developments Ltd who, as the developer and owner of the source code in the software, is the only supplier with the IPR, technical skills and expertise to deliver the ongoing support requirements under the Annual Upgrade Plan.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Acoustic Developments LtdSMESubcontracting: declared | £1,380,399 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 015281-2022-1 · Ocean Acoustic Developments LtdSME
- Signed
- 31 May 2022
- Value
- £1,380,399
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ocean Acoustic Developments LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.