Official UK procurement notice
VTN - Contractor Logistic Support of Lockheed Martin Radar Systems
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCLS of LM Radar Systems
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's land based air defence radar fleet provides…
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's land based air defence radar fleet provides long-range surveillance of United Kingdom and British Overseas Territories 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.
The requirement is to provide Contractor Logistic Support to Lockheed Martin Radar Systems from xx to 31st July 2027. The contract will provide Contractor Logistic Support to Lockheed Martin Radar Systems.
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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 morei
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).
- 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
- 20 Feb 2023, 17:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Feb 2023, 17:28 GMT
- Authority reference
705523451 - VTN- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-005093- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a707Find 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
- Published justification
As the original equipment manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corporation own the technical data required for any contractor to provide any level of support to the Lockheed Martin manufactured radar systems. Serco Limited and their sub-contractor Lockheed Martin Corporation are the only suppliers with the required expertise, specific know how and data to provide the in depth support required. Lockheed Martin Corporation have granted Serco Limited the necessary permissions to allow them access to the technical data to perform the requirement.
The Defence Equipment & Security Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems Delivery Team, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intends to award the contract to Serco Limited for Contractor Logistic Support of Lockheed Martin Radar Systems. 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 is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(b)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. The technical data is controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence 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.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serco LimitedContractor Logistics Support for Lockheed Martin Radar SystemsSubcontracting: declared | £28,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contractor Logistics Support for Lockheed Martin Radar Systems · Serco Limited
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2023
- Value
- £28,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems Delivery Team,Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Serco LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.