Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Air Commercial, Nimrod Building, No 3 Site, RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
High Wycombe
HP14 4UE
UK
E-mail: alexander.tebbitt885@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ13
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.contracts.mod.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Supply of the Falcon Training Service (WANT)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80660000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Supply of the Falcon Training Service (Wide Area Network Training - WANT)
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 950 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80511000
80521000
80531200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK25
Main site or place of performance:
HQ Defence School of CIS
Blandford Camp
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11 8RH
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
WANT is essential in providing and maintaining both the Royal SIGNALS (Army) and RAF with trained personnel to deploy the Falcon communications network. The Falcon network provides backbone communications across Defence on operations.
WANT requires Contractor (White Fleet) provided support to deliver the required trained capability for both Air and Land Forces. The Military (Green Fleet) alone cannot support the throughput of students in the time required. Green Fleet equipment is limited in its availability and in the number of students that can be trained simultaneously, unlike the White Fleet Training Equipment that replicates the Green Fleet equipment system elements through emulation on a classroom networked personal computer. The current training solution also provides a separate capability in a classroom to support Crypto training.
The Falcon syllabus and courseware for WANT is owned by the MoD.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Price
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
Justification for selected award procedure:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice
Explanation:
It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contact notice pursuant Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is because only BAE has the necessary equipment and technical expertise, knowledge and skill in the complex Falcon SST system to support and upgrade the system immediately from contract award to the standard required by the Authority.
Any delay to, and/or reduction in, service standard represents a significant risk for delivery. FALCON as a capability is currently deployed on numerous operations and failure to deliver sufficient trained personnel would have significant impact to UK MOD’s ability to meet its operational outputs, would have a detrimental effect on the maintenance of the capability and UK MOD’s relationship with its allies.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: 710917450
Title: The Supply of the Falcon Training Service (WANT)
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
25/03/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
Surrey Technology Centre
Guildford
GU2 7RQ
UK
NUTS: UKJ25
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
4 950 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Air Commercial
High Wycombe
HP14 4UE
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/03/2024