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Type of document: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2018/S 057-127109/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Services
Directive 2009/81/EC

Directive 2009/81/EC

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Town: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom
Email: mark.spicer101@mod.gov.uk
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: Provision of mine Countermeasures Recconnaissance unmanned underwater vehicles (MCM Recce UUV)
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 35512400
II.1.3) Type of contract Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
Continuation of support to the RECCE and VSW UUVs for a period of 6 months. Including provision of spare parts, repair services, technical support, maintenance services and associated support activities.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:17000000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKJ31 Main site or place of performance:Portsmouth.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Secretary of State for Defence (the authority), through the Underwater Electronic Warfare (UEW) Project Team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) intends to extend the current support Contract with Hydroid Inc for the continued support of Remus 600 (RECCE) and REMUS 100 (VSW) UUV’s. The current contract is due to expire on 31.3.2018 and the extension is required for a further period of 6 months to 30.9.2018 to prevent a capability gap during the negotiation period for the planned replacement contract.
Remus 600 (RECCE) and Remus 100 (VSW) UUV’s are military use versions of commercially available UUV’s operated in the Mine Counter Measure (MCM) role. They are remotely operated shallow water hydro-graphical seabed mapping systems, both of which were developed and manufactured by Hydroid Inc.

II.2.5) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of Criterion: MEAT /Weighting: 100

II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
(please complete point 2 of the Annex D)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: UDSC/0006
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2018-03-19
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: Hydroid Inc
Town: Fareham
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
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:17000000
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-2018320-DCB-12101200.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Town: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2018-03-20

Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition
in the Official Journal of the European Union
The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the directive

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:
The Secretary of State for Defence (the authority), through the Underwater Electronic Warfare (UEW) project team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) intends to extend the current support contract with Hydroid Inc for the continued support of Remus 600 (RECCE) and REMUS 100 (VSW) UUV’s. The current contract is due to expire on 31.3.2018 and the extension is required for a further period of 6 months to 30.9.2018 to prevent a capability gap during the negotiation period for the planned replacement contract.
Remus 600 (RECCE) and Remus 100 (VSW) UUV’s are military use versions of commercially available UUV’s operated in the Mine Counter Measure (MCM) role. They are remotely operated shallow water hydro-graphical seabed mapping systems, both of which were developed and manufactured by Hydroid Inc.
It is considered that this contract can be extended using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and security public contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This is because Hydroid Inc is the original equipment manufacturer for this specialist equipment, and is the only economic entity with the technical expertise, including the knowhow, tooling and access to drawings, data packs and source codes, which is essential to provide in service support.