Notice Information
Notice Title
<PS10m
Notice Description
<PS10M
Lot Information
Lot 1
Contract for the maintenance, servicing and deployment of Underwater Mobile Acoustic Targets (UMAT) at MoD British Underwater Test Evaluation Centre (BUTEC), Scotland.
Procurement Information
The Secretary of State for Defence intends to enter into a contract with QinetiQ Limited for the for deployment, maintenance and support of the Underwater Mobile Acoustic Targets (UMAT) programme. The UMAT is an underwater target used by submarine crews during Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo certification firings at MoD British Underwater Test Evaluation Centre (BUTEC), Scotland. In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement is 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) ("DSPCR 2011"). 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)(d)(i)(aa) of the DSPCR 2011because the incumbent prime contractor and subcontractor undertaking the mandated upgrade programme of the UMAT are the only economic operators with the approved licencing and technical capability to upgrade the existing UMAT to maintain the Spearfish Firing Certification, based on the fact that their upgrade design programme is the only design approved and licenced by the US Department of Defence, the providers of the UMAT. The subcontractor will only maintain a contracting relationship with the current prime, and the shared ownership of the upgrade design makes too difficult to compete this requirement. Any change of contractor from QinetiQ would require a full reset of the upgrade programme creating a significant capability gap of up to 24 months, as any new contractor would require design approval for required upgrades, and ITAR certification from the United States Department of Defence. The upgrade requirement was an unknown requirement prior to the award of the current incumbent contract, this additional work was unforeseen. It is necessary to fulfil a strategic capability and it cannot for technical or economic reasons be carried out separately from the original contract without major inconvenience to the contracting authority or the Royal Navy. 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. This is because the design, created and owned between QinetiQ and Emeritus Solutions, is the only technical upgrade solution that has been given formal approval by the US DoD to upgrade their UMATs. Any alternative upgrade design programme would require review, approval, and certification from the US DoD and would also require ITAR licencing approval. This could incur a capability gap of up to 24 months. UMAT is mandatory in the submarine crew Spearfish certification firing process, which is a strategic national capability for maintaining Spearfish aboard the Continuous At Sea Deterrent (CASD). Therefore for technical reasons only QinetiQ can provide the technical solution necessary to maintain this critical strategic capability.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-042de1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001597-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
-
- CPV Codes
35512400 - Unmanned underwater vehicles
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Jan 20242 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
- Grant Jenkins
- Contact Email
- grant.jenkins122@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS34 8JH
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Stoke Park & Cheswick
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Notice URLs
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