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The Maritime Strategic Capability Agreement (MSCA) Future Arrangement (FA

Building and facilities management services
Defence services
Engineering design services
+4 more
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "The Maritime Strategic Capability Agreement (MSCA) Future Arrangement (FA". 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 DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 1 active published awards; 0 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
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CompetitionNot published
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Legal basisNot published
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Clarification deadlineNot published
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Published11 Jul 2022, 12:04 BST
Last source update11 Jul 2022, 12:04 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBuilding and facilities management services, Defence services, Engineering design services, Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems, Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services, Training services in defence and security materials
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-035077
What is being bought
Delivery of essential UK strategic capabilities to support the effective delivery of current and future submarine and surface platform design, manufacture and operation.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Jul 2022, 12:04 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    11 Jul 2022, 12:04 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    11 Jul 2022, 12:04 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Procurement for the provision of assured access to deep expertise, and the facilities required to support them, in hydrodynamics, maritime life support, structures & survivability and stealth materials in support of the UK Royal Navy.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    11 Jul 2022, 12:04 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 11 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · £215,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
QinetiQ Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£215,000,000 · signed 11 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-FTS-58397
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  • Ministry of Defence
    buyer

    Filton Abbeywood, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UK, BS34 8JH
    Karen.Jarvis872@mod.gov.uk
    +44 3067930878

  • MOD Central Legal Services
    reviewBody

    Bristol

  • QinetiQ Limited
    supplier

    03796233
    Cody Technology Park, Ively Road, Farnborough, UK, GU14 0LX
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Procedure rationaleThe Submarine Delivery Agency (the “Authority”), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to QinetiQ Limited (the “Contractor”) for the sustainment and support of the Maritime Strategic Capability Agreement (MSCA). This contract will be for a period of 10 years. This will be a new Qualifying Defence Contract (QDC) and will be compliant with the Defence Reform Act (DRA) and secondary legislation Single Source Contract Regulations (SSCR) 2014. An exemption from the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 (as amended) using regulation 7(1)(a), in conjunction with Regulation 6(3A)a, for security of national-eyes only information has been endorsed by the MoD Directorate of Security and Resilience. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the principles of the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 (as amended) on the basis that QinetiQ Limited is the only contractor capable of supplying the facilities and Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP) needed to meet the Authority's requirements under this contract. The MSCA requirement has been determined to be, and must remain, a sovereign capability by the current UK Government meaning any potential contractor must meet this requirement with a capability within UK territory. The Restated Principles Agreement (RPA) was signed in July 2001 and transferred operations of the former Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, which was a part of the MOD, to QinetiQ Limited. QinetiQ Limited are currently the only contractor with UK based facilities accredited to the required security requirements and with sufficient technical capability to fulfil the MSCA requirement in UK territory. If a different contractor were to be awarded the contract, these create a disproportionate technical difficulty for the Authority in maintaining and operating its maritime platforms including its Defence Objective of a Continual at Sea Detetterant (CASD). This is due to the necessity for an alternative contractor to undertake a significant investment in their existing capital estate across the whole of the UK to build and furnish dedicated facilities within the UK to meet the unique demands of the MSCA requirement. QinetiQ Limited have operated the facilities transferred to them under the RPA for 15 years and have developed extensive expertise, deeply integrated technical knowledge of the maritime platforms, and specialist tools to support the Authority with maintaining maritime platform capability through-life and CASD. Furthermore, the alternative contractor would be fully responsible for keeping the safety profile of multiple maritime platforms during this initial period to the expected standard, which creates an unacceptable risk to life for users of the maritime platforms in question given the disproportionate technical effort needed from the contractor to meet and maintain this operational requirement. Therefore, only QinetiQ Limited are currently able to meet the Authority’s requirement due to technical reasons.