This notice is covered by: Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

• I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

  Contact: Martin Lloyd, DES ADATS COMMERCIAL2
  Air Defence & Air Traffic Systems Delivery Team, DE&S
  RAF Henlow, Room C48/C49, Building 85
  Henlow
  SG16 6DN
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Email: desadats-commercial2@mod.uk
  Tel: +44 1462851515
  Fax: +44 1462857652

• I.2) Type of the contracting authority

  Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

• I.3) Main activity

  Defence

• 1.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities

  The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

• II.1) Description

  • II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract

    Procurement and Installation of a Hybrid Visual Simulator and Trade Training Flight Simulator at the Central Air Traffic Control School at RAF Shawbury.

  • II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

    Supplies

    Purchase

    NUTS code UKG22

  • II.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    Not provided

  • II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    Aircraft or spacecraft equipment, trainers, simulators and associated parts. Procurement and installation of a hybrid Visual Simulator and Trade Training Flight simulator for the Central Air Traffic Control School at RAF Shawbury.

  • II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    34740000

• II.6) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

• II.2) Total final value of contract(s)

  • II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)

    Value: 482 134 GBP

    Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

• IV.1) Type of procedure

  Not provided

• Negotiated without publication of a contract notice / call for competition

  Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC

  The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: connected with the protection of exclusive rights

  The Air Defence & Air Traffic Services Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a contract to CAE (UK) plc for the procurement of a Hybrid VISSIM-TTF simulator system. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Article 31 (1)(b) of Directive 2004/18/EC (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(iii) of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2006). This is for reasons connected to the protection of exclusive design rights in the VISSIM-TTF equipment belonging to CAE (UK) plc as such the hybrid equipment cannot be designed without access to that protected information.

• IV.2) Award criteria

  • IV.2.1) Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of

    Technical Capability. Weighting 100

  • IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no

• IV.3) Administrative information

  • IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity

    ADATS/342

  • IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no

Section V: Award of contract

• Contract No: ADATS/341

• V.1) Date of contract award decision:

  Not provided

• V.2) Information about offers

  Not provided

• V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

  Telephone: Internet address: Fax: CAE (UK) plc
  Innovation Drive
  RH15 9TW Burgess Hill
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1444247535
  www.cae.com
  +44 1444244895

• V.4) Information on value of contract

  Initial estimated total value of the contract

  Value: 482 134 GBP

  Excluding VAT

• V.5) Information about subcontracting

  The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about European Union funds

  The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

• VI.2) Additional information:

  Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.

  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-2012822-DCB-4176735.

• VI.3) Procedures for appeal

  • VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

    Air Defence & Air Traffic Systems Delivery Team, DE&S
    RAF Henlow, Room C48/C49, Building 85
    Henlow
    SG16 6DN
    UNITED KINGDOM
    Email: desadats-commercial2@mod.uk
    Tel: +44 1462851515
    Fax: +44 1462857652

  • VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals

    Not provided

  • VI.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

    Not provided

• VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice:

  22.8.2012