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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2021/S 000-025904/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
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
Postal address: Filton, Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Hannah Hawkins
Email: Hannah.Hawkins100@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 Data Analysis and Operational Certificates of Design (CofD) in support of the Paveway IV MK2 Integration onto Protector RG-1

Reference number: 701790450
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 72316000
II.1.3) Type of contract Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
Provision of Data Analysis and Operational Certificates of Design (CofD) in support of the Paveway IV MK2 Integration onto Protector RG-1
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:3900000.00
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 72316000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of Data Analysis and Operational Certificates of Design (CofD) in support of the Paveway IV MK2 Integration onto Protector RG-1

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
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: 701790450
Title: Provision of Data Analysis and Operational Certificates of Design (CofD) in support of the Paveway IV MK2 Integration onto Protector RG-1

V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2021-10-15
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Raytheon UK
Postal address: Kao One, Kao Park
Town: Harlow, Essex
Postal code: CM17 9NA
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME: no

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
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Section VI: Complementary informationVI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence
Town: Filton, Abbey Wood
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2021-10-15

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

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to:
negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice

The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment,study or development under the conditions
stated in the directive(for services and supplies only)
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 International Guns, Missiles and Rockets Project Team (part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MOD)) intends to place a contract with Raytheon UK to assess for the benefit of UK MOD whether Paveway IV MK2 (the Weapon System) can be safely integrated onto Protector RG-1; to identify matters relating to such integration requiring resolution; and (once such matters have been resolved) to certify safe operational integration (the Services). The estimated, total value of the contract is £3.2m(ex VAT). The contract is due to expire 14 months after its commencement date.
It is considered that this contract can be entered into by the UK MOD using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice under Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (SI 1848). This is on the basis that for technical reasons the contract may be awarded only to Raytheon UK. Raytheon UK is the sole co-ordinating design authority for the Weapon System and alone has the technical knowledge and expertise to assess and support the safe integration of such system onto Protector RG-1 and accordingly provide the Services.