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Hawk Synthetic Training Facility (HSTF).

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

This notice is covered by: Directive 2009/81/EC(Defence)

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

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

Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers Project Team (FSAST PT)
MOD Abbey Wood, Walnut 3a #1317
Contact point(s): DES FsAST
For the attention of: Colin Sinkins
BS34 8JH Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3067980569
E-mail:

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
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
Hawk Synthetic Training Facility (HSTF).
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 20: Training and simulation services in the fields of defence and security

NUTS code UKL11

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Flight simulators. Provision of synthetic training for the Hawk T Mk1/1A platform for the period December 2015 to September 2020.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

34741400

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: 0,01 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annexes D1, D2 or D3 as appropriate)
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with art. 28 of Directive 2009/81/EC
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive: yes
 The Flight Simulators and Synthetic Trainers Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to award a 4 years and nine months contract to BAE Systems for the provision of synthetic training for the Hawk T Mk1/1A platform. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(4)(a) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(d)(i)(aa)(additional services) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). This is because the Hawk T Mk1/1A platform has been extended beyond the original service life assumed at contract award and there is a requirement to provide synthetic aircrew training from the end of the current contract (December 2015) until the revised date of September 2020. An analysis of the available options has concluded that the continued use of the existing training assets which are owned by BAE Systems is the preferred solution and offers best value for money. The use of a different contractor would require MOD to take ownership and title of the existing training assets or require the purchase of new training assets which would incur additional costs for MOD and does not deliver best value for money. This would also cause an unacceptable delay in the provision of the training service. In accordance with Regulation 16(5) it is confirmed that the value of the proposed additional services does not exceed 50 % of the value of the original contract.
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity
SES1A/302
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)Date of contract award decision:
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

BAE Systems
Defence Information, Training and Services Hawk UK Support Services
BB2 7LF Samlesbury
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting

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.

From 2 April 2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

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.

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-2015828-DCB-6993615.

VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers Project Team (FSAST PT)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers Project Team (FSAST PT)

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers Project Team (FSAST PT)

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
28.8.2015

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