Notice Information
Notice Title
4500000
Notice Description
Defence Equipment & Support, part of the UK Ministry of Defence on behalf of The Secretary of State for Defence (the Authority) intends to award a Contract to Thales UK Ltd ("the Contractor") for the continuation of in-service support to KRS (KMY Replacement System aboard Type 23 Frigates and shore Establishments) until July 2024 with options to continue to December 2024 and for the technical update of the operating system and address other software obsolescence, and for support to the safety case for air operations. The value of the estimated contract amendment is PS4.5 million (ex VAT) including bid costs. This notice supersedes the work on Wave Class advertised in date/ref.
Lot Information
Lot 1
intends to award a Contract to Thales UK Ltd ("the Contractor") for the continuation of in-service support to KRS (KMY Replacement System aboard Type 23 Frigates and shore Establishments) until July 2024 with options to continue to December 2024 and for the technical update of the operating system and address other software obsolescence, and for support to the safety case for air operations. The value of the estimated contract amendment is PS4.5 million (ex VAT) including bid costs. This notice supersedes the work on Wave Class advertised in date/ref.
Procurement Information
Defence Equipment & Support, part of the UK Ministry of Defence on behalf of The Secretary of State for Defence (the Authority) intends to award a Contract to Thales UK Ltd ("the Contractor") for the continuation of in-service support to KRS (KMY Replacement System aboard Type 23 Frigates and shore Establishments) until July 2024 with options to continue to December 2024 and for the technical update of the operating system and address other software obsolescence, and for support to the safety case for air operations. The value of the estimated contract amendment is PS4.5 million (ex VAT) including bid costs. This notice supersedes the work on Wave Class advertised in date/ref. 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 (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)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is on the basis that the Authority has insufficient rights to pass the necessary data and information to undertake the requirement to third parties and that only the Contractor as Original Equipment Design Authority has the accumulated technical knowledge, expertise and know-how at its disposal required to provide the requirement in particular in relation to the full system design, build and integration. This includes the intimate knowledge and understanding of the existing equipment used across the fleet. Furthermore, only the Contractor can
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03fcea
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027296-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
-
- CPV Codes
32570000 - Communications equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Sep 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Aug 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- thomas.redmore100@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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