: UK-Bristol: battle simulators

UK-Bristol: battle simulators

2010/S 167-255729

VOLUNTARY EX ANTE TRANSPARENCY NOTICE

This notice is published by a contracting authority (covered by Directive 2004/18/EC)

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY/ENTITY

• I.1)
  NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

  Tel. E-mail: Joint & Battlefield Trainers, Simulation & Synthetic Environments (JBTSE), DE&S
  Elm 3A #4324
  BS34 8JHBristol
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 3067937131
  beverly.reid752@mod.uk

• I.2)
  TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

  Defence

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities No

I.3)
MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1.3)
The notice involves

II.1.6)
Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.2)
TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)

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

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Negotiated without a 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 or 2004/17/EC respectively

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

  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 UK Public Contracts Regulations 2006). This is because the system concerned is proprietary to SAAB Training Systems AB and cannot be undertaken without access to the relevant proprietary patents.

IV.2)
AWARD CRITERIA

IV.2.1)
Award criteria

IV.2.2)
An electronic auction has been used

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

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

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

  No

SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT

V.1)
DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD DECISION:

V.2)
NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:

• V.3)
  NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM THE CONTRACT AWARD HAS BEEN TAKEN

  SE-Tel. SAAB Training Systems AB
  SE-561 85
  Huskvarna
  SWEDEN
  +46 36388000

V.4)
INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT

V.5)
THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS

  No

• VI.2)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  Advertising Regime OJEU:- These contract opportunities are published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin. The award of any subsequent contract arising from such requirements is subject to the Public Contract Regulations 2006. Where advertising is necessary in the OJEU and the DCB, the content of the 2 adverts must be exactly the same. Tracker Reference: TKR-2010826-DCB-1851052 GO Reference: GO-2010826-DCB-1851053.

• VI.3)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.3.1)
  Body responsible for appeal procedures

  E-mail: Tel. Joint & Battlefield Trainers, Simulation & Synthetic Environments (JBTSE), DE&S
  Elm 3A, # 4324, MoD Abbey Wood (South) Bristol
  BS34 8JH
  UNITED KINGDOM
  beverly.reid752@mod.uk
  +44 3067937131

  Body responsible for mediation procedures

  Joint & Battlefield Trainers, Simulation & Synthetic Environments (JBTSE), DE&S

VI.3.2)
Lodging of appeals

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

  Joint & Battlefield Trainers, Simulation & Synthetic Environments (JBTSE), DE&S

• VI.4)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  26.8.2010