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title: "Provision of Sustainment Support to the Continuing Airworthiness Compliance and Alignment Tool (CAwPACT)"
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# Provision of Sustainment Support to the Continuing Airworthiness Compliance and Alignment Tool (CAwPACT)

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-53f80374-1c88-4340-9d35-46bd7afc878c

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence is seeking support through a tender titled "Provision of Sustainment Support to the Continuing Airworthiness Compliance and Alignment Tool (CAwPACT)." This procurement falls under the services category within the industry-specific software package sector. The award for this contract, amounting to £499,566, was announced on 12 July 2021, with an active status. The contract period commences on 16 November 2020 and concludes on 15 November 2021. This procurement was carried out using a limited negotiation procedure without prior publication, due to technical reasons and the unique capabilities of the awarded supplier, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited, located in Surrey.

This procurement presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in software and consultancy services related to airworthiness compliance and aviation support. Competitors with expertise in developing and maintaining technical support for aviation tools, particularly those familiar with compliance software and interfaces, will find this tender suitable. Given the exclusive nature of the awarded contract to Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited, opportunities may exist for other businesses to engage in related consultancy services or partnership roles in future procurement processes within the defence and aviation sectors.

## Notice

Provision of Sustainment Support to the Continuing Airworthiness Process Alignment and Coherence Tool (CAwPACT) Additional information: It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(ii) of Directive 2014/24/EU (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) for technical reasons. This is on the basis that: (a) Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd are the only supplier able to provide support and training for this tool that meets all the MoD's requirements, including its technical and airworthiness safety alignment requirements. To utilize 3rd party support and training would create significant and unacceptable risk to Air Safety across multiple Aircraft Platforms, potentially resulting in a loss of airworthiness and a substantial and unacceptable reduction in the operability of all the affected aircraft platforms. In addition, only Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd, as the designer of the tool, have the necessary skills, experience, knowledge and access to provide the required technical support and user training, and to receive user feedback and make changes and fixes based upon this, a crucial element of this continuing support. Finally, only Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd are able to maintain the interface with HERMES and ASPIRE, two other Airworthiness tools built by Frazer-Nash for other parts of MoD, a different contractor would not be able to use these interfaces and this data would have to be transferred manually, a process which would take too long to maintain currency of data and would therefore compromise the tool.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6e56f2c6-6189-4b5d-b96a-5dff61048b23 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Jul 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 11 Sep 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Nov 2020 |
| Contract period | 16 Nov 2020 - 15 Nov 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £499,566 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £499,566 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | WALTERS ASH |
| Post town | Hemel Hempstead |
| Postcode | HP14 4UF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ13 Buckinghamshire |
| Local authority | Buckinghamshire |
| Electoral ward | Ridgeway East |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Buckinghamshire |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 48110000 - Point of sale (POS) software package
- 48120000 - Flight control software package
- 48130000 - Aviation ground support and test software package
- 48140000 - Railway traffic control software package
- 48150000 - Industrial control software package
- 48160000 - Library software package
- 48170000 - Compliance software package
- 48180000 - Medical software package
- 48190000 - Educational software package

## Release History

- 12 Jul 2021 at 13:25 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6e56f2c6-6189-4b5d-b96a-5dff61048b23

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6e56f2c6-6189-4b5d-b96a-5dff61048b23
  12th July 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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