United Kingdom-Bristol: Active Protection Systems (APS) Study

Type of document: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2019/S 091-220932/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
Postal address: No 1261 Spruce 2B, MOD Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: George Hollingdale
Telephone: +44 3067931493
Email: george.hollingdale100@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.mod.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: Active Protection Systems (APS) Study

Reference number: CCDT/594
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 73410000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
As part of a wider study of the Armoured Vehicle Active Protection System (APS) concept, UK MOD has a requirement to improve its knowledge and baseline its understanding of an integrated grenade launcher based APS. To satisfy this requirement, the Defence Equipment and Support Technology Office intends to procure an IMI Iron Fist Light Decoupled Hard Kill APS from Elbit Systems UK Ltd for testing and evaluation.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:1200000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKK1 Main site or place of performance:Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
See Annex D3 3. Explanation for description of the procurement.

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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
(please complete point 2 of the Annex D)
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: CCDT/594
Title: Active Protection System (APS)

V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2019-05-07
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Elbit Systems UK Ltd
Postal address: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS1 6EG
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2032069400
Email: office@elbitsystems-uk.com
Nuts code: UKK1
Internet address: www.elbitsystems-uk.com
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

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-201959-DCB-14875283
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
Postal address: No 1261 Spruce 2B, Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3067931493
E-mail: george.hollingdale100@mod.gov.uk
Internet address: www.mod.gov.uk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2019-05-09

Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition
in the Official Journal of the European Union
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

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:
Under Reg 16(1)(a)(ii) – Technical Reasons.
The UK MOD has a requirement to improve its technical knowledge and baseline its understanding of an integrated grenade launcher based Armoured Vehicle Active Protection System (APS). To satisfy this requirement, the Defence Equipment and Support Technology Office intends to procure an IMI Iron Fist Light Decoupled (IF-LD) Hard Kill APS to undertake a limited Test and Evaluation (T&E) exercise. The IMI APS is the only integrated High Technology Readiness Level (TRL) grenade launcher-based Hard Kill APS which uses both electro-optical and radar sensors to detect threats within a single system. This requirement will form part of the wider UK study into the APS concept and knowledge gained during this phase will add to that already obtained on other APS to de-risk the generation of future UK APS requirements.
A summary of the deliverables are:
1 x complete IF-LD system with associated countermeasures and calibration/test equipment
Documentation (in English):
System/sub-system design documentation
Interface control documentation
EMC documentation
Safety documentation
Training package for 10 x DSTL personnel:
4 weeks trial support
Any values stated in this notice are provisional and a contract has yet to be awarded.