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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
Regulation of procurement: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, Lightning Team
Postal address: Lightning Operations Centre, RAF Marham
Town: Kings Lynn
Postal code: PE33 9NP
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Elaine Shelford
Telephone: +44 3001664065
Email: elaine.shelford750@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.gov.uk

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: Lightning Shield and Tiger Trap Support
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 72212732
II.1.3) Type of contract Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
A new 2 year contract is required to maintain support to the Lightning Shield and Tiger Trap gateway device. Together Lightning Shield and Tiger Trap form the Sovereign Data Gateway (SDG) in support of the F35 Lightning II aircraft.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:270833
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKH16 Main site or place of performance:North and West Norfolk

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A new 2 year contract is required to maintain support to the Lightning Shield and Tiger Trap gateway device. Together Lightning Shield and Tiger Trap form the Sovereign Data Gateway (SDG) in support of the F35 Lightning II aircraft.

II.2.5) Award criteria
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
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 named supplier on a single source basis, & 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.

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice(in accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2009/81/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: 701096386
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2021-01-04
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Waymont Consulting Limted
Postal address: Ist Floor, 20 Nugent Road
Town: Guildford
Postal code: GU27AF
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1483551010
Email: jb@waymont.com
Nuts code: UKJ25
The contractor is an SME: yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
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-202117-DCB-17606037
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, Lightning Team
Town: Kings Lynn
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3001664065
E-mail: elaine.shelford750@mod.gov.uk

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: Ministry of Defence
Town: Kings Lynn
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3001664065
E-mail: elaine.shelford750@mod.gov.uk

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, Lightning Team
Town: Kings Lynn
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3001664065
E-mail: elaine.shelford750@mod.gov.uk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2021-01-07

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 publication of a call for competition in accordance with
Article 28 of Directive 2009/81/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:
The Lightning II Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to place a 2 year contract with Waymont Consulting Ltd (Waymont) for the continued support including repair/replacement of parts of the Lightning Shield and Tiger Trap network traffic inspection device. The contract has an estimated value of £270,833. It is considered that this contract can be placed 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 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons.
Lightning Shield is a file validation software application that runs on the Tiger Trap gateway device. Together Lightning Shield and Tiger Trap form the Sovereign Data Gateway (SDG) in support of the F35 Lightning II aircraft. Lightning Shield acts as an inspection device, responsible for monitoring all network traffic between ALIS-SOU (UK) and ALIS-ALOU (USA). Waymont is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of both the Tiger Trap hardware and Lightning Shield software solution under a proprietary design that was approved by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Only Waymont has the requisite technical know-how, tools and means, including proprietary documentation and information to carry out the services required. Waymont is not prepared to authorise any third party to use its proprietary information and the MOD does not hold, nor does it have the right to obtain or use, the necessary documentation or information from Waymont and cannot authorise a third party to carry out maintenance work to either the software or the hardware