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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

MOD Voluntary Transparency Notice
GB-Walter’s Ash: Project Winchell

Region Codes: UK
Section I: Contract Title
Contract Title: GB-Walter’s Ash: Project Winchell

Section II: Issuing Branch / Organisation Details
Notice Address
Official Name: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other
Address: Rapid Capabilities Office, U30, Building 47, RAF High Wycombe
Town: Walter’s Ash
Telephone: 030 679 88087
Email: mark.holdcroft100@mod.gov.uk
For attention of: Mark Holdcroft
Postcode: HP14 4UE
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Point:
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Section III: Object of The Contract
Location of Works, place of delivery or of performance
Main Place of Performance or Delivery: UNITED KINGDOM

Short description of the contract or purchase(s): A contract for a Proof of Concept for advanced bird detection radar system at RAF Lossiemouth.

Industry Codes:
35722000 – Radar.

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 named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.

Section IV: Identification Numbers
Contract Number: ACT/RC1047

Section V: Selected supplier
Details of Selected supplier:

Official name: Robin Radar Systems B.V.
Postal Address: LAAN VAN WAALHAVEN 355
City: THE HAGUE
Postcode: 2497 GM
Country: Netherlands
ContactPoint:
For Attention Of: Rick De Ronde
Telephone: +31 (0)8 8700 8700
Email:
Fax:
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Reason for Award: Following a market investigation Robin Radar were the sole operator capable of providing the POC safety demonstrator in the required time period.
Value of Contract: 335,000
Justification For Non-Competitive Decision: The Rapid Capabilities Office part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), intends to award Robin Radar Systems B.V. (“the Contractor”) a contract for a Proof of Concept for advanced bird detection radar system at RAF Lossiemouth. With an estimated value of £335,000 Ex VAT.

The contract shall be for a twelve-month proof of concept demonstrator. In that time the Authority shall independently collect data from the usage of the POC to demonstrate the efficacy of the technology and subject to that demonstration construct an FOC requirement that can be competed at the end of this contract. An option will be included to extend the contract for a maximum period of three months to ensure that capability is not lost while awaiting completion of the future competition.

The procurement strategy is to make use of the Non-Competitive Negotiated Procedure under the PCR 2015. This approach is justified under PCR 2015 Regulation 32 (5) (a), as the products supplied are intended wholly for research and study purposes and includes no quantity production. Over the course of the research period the operating unit will continue to make use of its existing manual system for bird detection in parallel with the POC demonstrator. A market survey has been performed within the RCO, which has identified Robin Radars as the sole operator capable of providing an off the shelf 3D bird radar in the required timelines. For this reason, PCR 2015 Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) is also applicable, as the specifications of the P8 aircraft set to be flown from RAF Lossiemouth means that there is an imminent risk to life from increased probability of bird strikes if an effective 3D Bird Radar is not deployed in the short term.