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Type of document: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2017/S 039-070794/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Platform Systems Project Team (APS PT)
Postal address: #1032 Walnut 0c, MOD Abbey Wood South
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Isabelle Madams
Email: desaps-cm3c@mod.uk
Nuts code: UKK15
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: APS/033 SPirent GSS7000.

Reference number: APS/033
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 38112100
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Purchase of Spirent GSS7000 with 2 year support option.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:151000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKK15 Main site or place of performance:Wiltshire CC.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Air Platform Systems Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to contract with Spirent Communications plc for the Provision of Spirent GSS7000 with an option for two years’ support upon the expiry of the 1 year warranty that is included with the purchase.

II.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:yes
Description of options:
Option for two years support upon expiry of warranty.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14) Additional information:
This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the names supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency.

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without prior publication(in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: APS/033
Title: GB-Bristol: Purchase of Spirent GSS7000 and 2 year support option

V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2017-02-21
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Spirent Communications PLC
Postal address: Aspen Way
Town: Paignton
Postal code: TQ4 7QR
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1803546303
Nuts code: UKK4
The contractor is an SME: no

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:151000
Currency:GBP
for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot
for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in
previous contract award notices

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information:
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2017222-DCB-9660033.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Platform Systems Project Team (APS PT)
Town: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2017-02-22

Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for
competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
1.Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article
32 of Directive 2014/24/EU
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
absence of competition for technical reasons

3.Explanation
Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union
is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive:
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication pursuant to Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of The Council (Regulation 32 of the PCR 2015) for technical reasons. Spirent is the Design Authority for all (hardware and software) component parts of the current Simulator capability (Spirent GSS9000 GNSS Simulator using SimGEN GUI and Engine v5.06.00). The GSS7000 needs to be entirely compatible and interoperable with the current Spirent Simulator system. Any other software and hardware procured from an alternative supplier would not integrate with the Spirent software within the existing systems. Procuring from any other supplier would lead to disproportionate costs, technical risks and difficulties in integrating with the existing systems with no guarantee that integration would be successful.