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Type of document: Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2017/S 087-170372/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Regulation of procurement: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU

Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence, C&C, HOCS
Postal address: Room 2.1.02, Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street
Town: Glasgow
Postal code: G2 8EX
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1412242668
Email: DefComrclCC-HOCS3b2@mod.uk
Nuts code: UKM34
Internet address(es):
Main address:

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: HOCS3b/00052 — EA to conduct preferred choice Modelling & Analytics.

Reference number: HOCS3b/00052
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 79400000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title: External Assistance to conduct preferred choice Modelling & Analytics for the Armed Forces People Programme

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKI
Main site or place of performance:LONDON.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract
Requirement.
The Armed Forces People Programme (AFPP) requires ‘stated preference’ modelling to understand the likely impact on recruiting & retention of Service (military) personnel of a no. of options for a new package of financial & non-financial rewards (the ‘New Offer’), & of new contract terms that will allow Service Personnel to work part-time or to limit their liability to be moved around the country or overseas.
Background.
The UK’s 2015 Strategic Defence & Security Review (SDSR) undertook to ‘enable our AF to work more flexibly, reflecting the realities of modern life’ (para 4.53), & to ‘develop a new AF offer for new joiners’ (para 4.54). The AFPP’s mission is to deliver the commitments made in SDSR. Its vision is to create ‘a modern &inclusive AF which attracts, retains & values its people, in order to enhance operational capability, offering choice as to how they live & work providing a comprehensive & sustainable reward package that recognises commitments & service’.
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement,dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months:9
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: HOCS3b/00052
Title: EA to conduct preferred choice modelling & analytics

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/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Official name: Accenture (UK) Limited
Postal address: Plantation Place, 30 Fenchurch Street
Town: London
Postal code: EC3M 3BD
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2078447995
Nuts code: UKI
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME no

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement:185000
Currency:GBP

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-201752-DCB-10119949.
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S: 2017/S 044-804036
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence, C&C, HOCS
Town: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Town: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Town: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2017-05-02

Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession
VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
VII.1.1) Main CPV code: 79400000
VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 79311300

VII.1.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKI
Main site or place of performance:London.

VII.1.4) Description of the procurement:
The Armed Forces People Programme (AFPP) requires ‘stated preference’ modelling to understand the likely impact on recruiting & retention of Service (military) personnel of a no. of options for a new package of financial & non-financial rewards (the ‘New Offer’), & of new contract terms that will allow Service Personnel to work part-time or to limit their liability to be moved around the country or overseas. Separate Surveys are now required (NJO & FES) — Additional service & extended delivery.
VII.1.5) Duration of the contract,framework agreement,dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months:11
VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:107422
Currency:GBP
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Official name: Accenture (UK) Limited
Postal address: Plantation Place, 30 Plantation Street
Town: London
Postal code: EC3M 3BD
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code: UKI
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: no

VII.2) Information about modifications VII.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications(with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
It was identified that Defence would gain considerable extra benefit from splitting the current planned survey (which supports 2 projects in the AFPP) into delivering two separate reports. This would result in additional cost and extension to original contract.

VII.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works,services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire (Art.43(1)(b)
of Directive 2014/23/EU, Art.72(1)(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Art.89(1)(b) of Directive 2014/25/EU)
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a
change of contractor:
The additional work required is heavily dependent upon the work already commenced by current contractor therefore there is a need for this contractor to continue with the revised deliverable, in order to meet the Authority’s original & new delivery time.

VII.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications(taking into account possible earlier contract modifications and
price adaptions and,in the case of Directive 2014/23/EU,average inflation in the Member State concerned)
Value excluding VAT:185000
Currency:GBP
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT:185000
Currency:GBP

Post written by: Andrew Perry