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title: "Provision of F-35 EPGS Depot Activation"
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# Provision of F-35 EPGS Depot Activation

Buyer: DE&S DECA  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040ea2

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## Summary

The buying organization, DE&S Deca, has awarded a contract for the provision of F-35 EPGS Depot Activation. This contract falls under the services category in the industry and involves the establishment of a test and repair capability to support maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade of specific Collins Aerospace F35 Components. The procurement method used was a selective procedure, specifically a restricted procedure. The award date was January 15, 2024, and the contract, valued at approximately $2,431,853.82 USD, was signed on December 7, 2023.

This tender for the Provision of F-35 EPGS Depot Activation issued by DE&S Deca presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in training and simulation in military electronic systems. Companies with expertise in maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade of aerospace components, particularly Collins Aerospace F35 Components, would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The contract is currently active and the awarded supplier is Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation.

## Notice

Establishment of a Test and Repair Capability to Support Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) of specific Collins Aerospace F35 Components

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Establishment of a Test and Repair Capability to Support Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) of specific Collins Aerospace F35 Components

### Procurement Information

This requirement is for the establishment of a test and repair capability for Collins Aerospace F-35 components at DE&S Deca. This will support the maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade (MRO&U) of specific F-35 Collins Aerospace components at DE&S Deca In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this contract is 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 this 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 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. The Contract term shall be for a period of 15 months. The estimated value of the contract is circa two million pounds (PS2,000,000.00). Collins Aerospace holds all the available technical information for their F-35 components and has the technical expertise, knowledge and know-how necessary to establish the test and capability requirement. This information is not available to the Authority as it is owned by Collins. The Authority does not have the necessary rights to this information and would be unable to provide a suitable level of details to any third party that would enable them to fulfil this requirement. The Authority is required to comply with maintenance management policy relating to the capability implementation for F-35 which sets out that only Collins Aerospace as the OEM can carry out the establishment of a test and repair capability. The Authority will have access to the information necessary to meet this requirement pursuant to an extant TAA with Collins Aerospace.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001281-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Oct 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £4,431,853 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DE&S DECA |
| Locality | DEESIDE |
| Post town | Chester |
| Postcode | CH5 2LS |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL3 North Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL34 Flintshire and Wrexham |
| Local authority | Flintshire |
| Electoral ward | Queensferry and Sealand |
| Westminster constituency | Alyn and Deeside |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | COLLINS AEROSPACE (HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND; HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80660000 - Training and simulation in military electronic systems

## Release History

- 15 Jan 2024 at 14:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001281-2024
- 24 Oct 2023 at 14:43 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031378-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/des-deca

## Provenance

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