Procurement of One (1) PFMTF (Pre Flight Message Test Facility) Rig and Two (2) STF (System Test Facility) Rig
Details
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence
- Supplier(s)
- Leonardo MW Limited
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Duration
- 5 years
- Topic
- Electronic warfare systems and counter measures
- Published
- 6 December 2019
- Source
- ContractsFinder
Tender description
The Apache PT, part of UK Ministry of Defence ("MoD"), intends to place a single source, Qualifying Defence Contract (QDC) with Leonardo MW Ltd by May 2020 to manufacture a UK Apache AH 64E Pre-Flight Message Test Facility (PFMTF) rig. This Contract will be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice 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 Authority has a requirement for one (1) x PFMTF rig to allow a fully worldwide operational DAS (Defensive Aids System). Alongside this a need to test repairs and conduct function/fault analysis whilst in-service through a STF (System Test Facility). The DAS is a Military Commercial off the Shelf item that feeds into the flight management system. The Contract award will be based on a 54-month contracting period (18-month manufacturing including a 36-month telephone support package).
Timeline
- Completed: Award date24 November 2019
- Completed: Award published6 December 2019Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date31 December 2024
About the buyer
The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plans, builds and maintains the defence estate separately from equipment procurement. Suppliers can register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, the department's end-to-end eProcurement system for contract opportunities. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.
Relevant CPV codes
- 35730000 · Electronic warfare systems and counter measures
Decision makers
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