Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
UK-Bristol: Training and simulation in firearms and ammunition.
Section I: Contracting Authority
Title: UK-Bristol: Training and simulation in firearms and ammunition.
I.1)Name, Addresses And Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP)
#4325 ELM 3B, Abbeywood South, Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3067989309, Email: damien.probert104@mod.gov.uk
Contact: Damian Probert
Main Address:
I.2)Type Of Purchasing Body
Not Provided
Section II: Object Of The Contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity: Dismounted Close Combat Trainer (DCCT) Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) and Post Design Services (PDS)
II.1.2)Short description of the contract or purchase:
Training and simulation in firearms and ammunition. Continuation of Contractor Logistics Support for the Dismounted Close Combat Trainer, and also Post Design Services (PDS)
II.1.3)Common procurement vocabulary:
80620000 – Training and simulation in firearms and ammunition.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure (as stated in the original notice):
IV.2)Administrative Information
IV.2.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity: TSSP/083
IV.2.2)Notice reference for electronically submitted notice
Original Notice sent via: OJS eSender
Notice Reference: 2018 – 211163
IV.2.3)Notice to which this publication refers
Notice number in OJ: 2017/S 174 – 357566 of 08/09/2017
IV.2.4)Date of dispatch of the original Notice: 08/09/2017
Section VI: Complementary Information
1: Complementary Information
VI.1)This notice involves: Correction
VI.3)Information to be corrected or added
VI.3.1) Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority
VI.3.2) In the original Notice
VI.3.3)Text to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of text to be modified: II.1.1
Instead of: Dismounted Close Combat Trainer (DCCT) Future Contractor Logistics Support (FCLS).
Read: Dismounted Close Combat Trainer (DCCT) Contractor Logistic Support (CLS), and Post Design Services (PDS)
Place of text to be modified: II.1.4
Instead of: Continuation of Contractor Logistics Support for the Dismounted Close Combat Trainer.
Read: Continuation of Contractor Logistics Support for the Dismounted Close Combat Trainer, and Post Design Services
Place of text to be modified: II.1.7
Instead of: 12 000 000.00 GBP
Read: 16 000 000.00 GBP
Place of text to be modified: V.2.4
Instead of: 12 000 00.00 GBP
Read: 16 000 000.00 GBP
Place of text to be modified: IV.1.1
Instead of: Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice
•The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: ◦absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP) Team, acting on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a follow on contract for an initial period of up to 48 months (with option periods of up to an additional 36 months) to Meggitt Training Systems Limited (MTSL), part of the Meggitt Training Systems Inc group, for Contractor Logistic Support and Post Design Services (including obsolescence management) for the Dismounted Close Combat Trainer (DCCT). The DCCT is used to deliver individual and team level simulated marksmanship, weapon handling and judgemental training at a combination of fixed and mobile sites in the UK and overseas.
It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28 (1) (e) of the Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
It is considered technically impracticable for an economic operator other than MTSL to perform the contract due to the necessity to have specific expertise, extensive technical knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of the DCCT and access to the underlying deliverable software, object code and source material, to which only MTSL has unrestricted access.
Furthermore, any award to an alternative economic operator could jeopardise the maintenance and operation of the DCCT system through the introduction of potential incompatibility across a complex system which has been the subject of on-going development since entry into service in October 2003.
Read: Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice
•The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: ◦absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP) Team, acting on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a follow on contract for an initial period of up to 48 months (with option periods of up to an additional 36 months) to Meggitt Training Systems Limited (MTSL), for Contractor Logistic Support and Post Design Services (including new capabilities and obsolescence management) for the Dismounted Close Combat Trainer (DCCT). The DCCT is used to deliver individual and team level simulated marksmanship, weapon handling and judgemental training at a combination of fixed and mobiles site in the UK and overseas.
It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28 (1) (e) of the Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
It is considered technically impracticable for an economic operator other than MTSL to perform the contract due to the necessity to have specific expertise, extensive technical knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of the DCCT and access to the underlying deliverable software, object code and source material, to which only MTSL, as original equipment manufacturer, has unrestricted access.
Furthermore, any award to an alternative economic operator could jeopardise the maintenance and operation of the DCCT system through the introduction of potential incompatibility across a complex system which has been the subject of ongoing development since entry into service in October 2003.
Place of text to be modified: VI.4.1 & VI.4.2
Instead of: William.Pope@mod.gov.uk
Read: damien.probert104@mod.gov.uk
VI.3.4)Dates to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of dates to be modified: V.2.1
Instead of: 04/09/2017 Time: 10:00
Read: 01/10/2018 Time: 10:00
VI.3.5)Addresses and contact points to be corrected:
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP)
#4325 ELM 3B, Abbeywood South, Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 03067989309, Email: damien.probert104@mod.gov.uk
Contact: Damian Probert
VI.3.6)Text to be added in the original notice: Not Provided
VI.4)Other 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.
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VI.5)Date of dispatch: 15/02/2018
