Defence Online

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

MOD Voluntary Transparency Notice
GB-Bristol: Sonar 2170 Test & Trial EADs

Region Codes: UKK1
Section I: Contract Title
Contract Title: GB-Bristol: Sonar 2170 Test & Trial EADs

Section II: Issuing Branch / Organisation Details
Notice Address
Official Name: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team
Address: Ash 2B #3133, MoD Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Telephone: +44 03067938223
Email: desshipscomrcl-mcs-ci-1d1@mod.uk
For attention of:
Postcode: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Point:
Fax:
Internet Address:

Section III: Object of The Contract
Location of Works, place of delivery or of performance
Main Place of Performance or Delivery: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Short description of the contract or purchase(s): To supply S2170 Test & Trial EADs

Industry Codes:
35300000 – Weapons, ammunition and associated parts.

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: MCS/1029

Section V: Selected supplier
Details of Selected supplier:

Official name: Ultra Electroncs Ltd Sonar Communications Systems
Postal Address: Bridport Road
City: Greenford
Postcode: UB6 8UA
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint: Contracts Manager
For Attention Of: Bob Jennings
Telephone: +44 02088134546
Email: Robert.jennings@ultra-sonar.com
Fax:
Internet Address:

Reason for Award: To supply S2170 Test & Trial EADs
Justification For Non-Competitive Decision: Maritime Combat Systems, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a one year contract to Ultra Electronics Limited Sonar & Communications Systems to supply modified Ship Surface Torpedo Defence Explosive Acoustic Devices (EADs). It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication 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. The EADs form a critical part of a system which is currently in operation and only these particular EADs can be used within that system. Neither these items nor spare parts for them can be obtained from any party other than Ultra Electronics Limited Sonar & Communications Systems. Furthermore, only Ultra Electronics Limited has the information necessary to manufacture the EAD.
The SSTD EAD is a bespoke device designed to work within the SSTD system, the EAD being an Ultra Proprietary Item cannot be supplied by anyone else and as we do not have any rights to their EAD design information. Accordingly there would be technical & safety concerns with a third party manufacturing the units, as we would have no technical information to provide to them. There are also no other suppliers of this or similar countermeasures to offer as an alternative. Currently no opportunities exist to redesign or redevelop the EAD Countermeasure and any redesign by an alternative supplier would require significant new development and new manufacture costs. This would only become a feasible option, if there was a change to the complete SSTD System and none are anticipated in the next 5 years.