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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2024/S 000-010395/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
Town: Salisbury
Country: United Kingdom
Email: ipthomas@dstl.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: EHub Applied Research Support

Reference number: PA0000002258
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 73200000
II.1.3) Type of contract Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
Provision of specialist Experimental Hub (EHub) applied research support.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:350000.00
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Extensive recent experience and knowledge of the activities, working practices, priorities and constraints of the Army Information Activities (IA) Capability Programme, its Lead User organisation and the IA EHub project.
• Independence from services currently delivered to the Army IA Capability Programme and Information Activities EHub.
• Deep technical expertise and experience in applying to Military IA novel technologies and methods in the areas of digital communications, open source intelligence and applied data management and analytics.
• Extensive expertise and recent experience in the development and deployment of data exploitation and analytics capabilities on the MOD cloud-infrastructure.
• Deep understanding and recent experience of MOD and Army data management and governance structures, policies, and processes.

II.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:yes
Description of options:
6 month extension of the contracted service

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: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2024-03-28
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: J2S Consulting
Town: Wickham
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
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
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: Dstl
Town: Salisbury
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2024-03-28

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 purpose of this Voluntary Transparency Notice is to notify the market that Dstl intends to conduct a single source procurement for the provision of specialist Experimental Hub (EHub) applied research support. The requirement is considered single source as it necessitates all of the following technical and delivery criteria that could not be met by an alternative supplier:
• Extensive recent experience and knowledge of the activities, working practices, priorities and constraints of the Army Information Activities (IA) Capability Programme, its Lead User organisation and the IA EHub project.
• Independence from services currently delivered to the Army IA Capability Programme and Information Activities EHub.
• Deep technical expertise and experience in applying to Military IA novel technologies and methods in the areas of digital communications, open source intelligence and applied data management and analytics.
• Extensive expertise and recent experience in the development and deployment of data exploitation and analytics capabilities on the MOD cloud-infrastructure.
• Deep understanding and recent experience of MOD and Army data management and governance structures, policies, and processes.
This procurement strategy will ensure that critical work can be delivered within the period required and without undue risk or delay to the EHub project and the capability programme that it supports.