Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team
Spruce 1c. #1113, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Milon Uddin
Telephone
+44 3067936366
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Procurement and Support of installation of Link 16 Joint Tactical Radio System Mobile Crates
Reference number
SACC/00077
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 35712000 - Tactical command, control and communication systems
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The Secretary of State for Defence intends to award a contract to Viasat UK Ltd for the provision of quantity ten Link 16 Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Mobile Crates, for the T45 and QEC platforms under the Maritime Multi-Link (MML) Project. This is the only product currently on the market that meets both the technical requirement and access size restrictions of both the T45 and QEC platforms, mitigating the need to cut metal and reducing the risk of installation.
The Cyber Risk profile is Very Low. The reference for the RA is: RAR-J9K6MBSB.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £1,500,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 35712000 - Tactical command, control and communication systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ35 - South Hampshire
Main site or place of performance
South Hampshire.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Secretary of State for Defence intends to award a contract to Viasat UK Ltd for the provision of quantity ten Link 16 Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Mobile Crates, for the T45 and QEC platforms under the Maritime Multi-Link (MML) Project. This is the only product currently on the market that meets both the technical requirement and access size restrictions of both the T45 and QEC platforms, mitigating the need to cut metal and reducing the risk of installation.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
It is considered that this contract can 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.
Viasat Ltd is the only company which can produce a commercially available Link 16 JTRS Mobile Crate which will allow full integration of the new Link 16 JTRS terminal, introduced under the revised Theatre Entry Standard (TES) 2022 mandate by the US for use of Link 16 encrypted communications. This Mobile Crate has been designed specifically to house the new JTRS terminals with consideration to integration requirements such as specific ITAR cabling and ancillaries access. The Mobile Crate is already in use at Portsdown Technology Park (PTP) and has proven assurance test schedules and scripts which will de-risk testing of the modernised MML solution.
Only Viasat hold the proprietary technical documentation and knowledge coupled with experience of military tactical data links and all associated systems necessary to provide technical advice to the authority for the fitting of the Link 16 JTRS Mobile crates onto the platforms during the common support model business process 10.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
SACC/00077
Title
Procurement and Support for Installation of Link 16 JTRS Mobile Crates
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17 December 2020
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Viasat UK Ltd
Royal Pavilion, Wellesley Road, Aldershot
Hampshire
GU11 1PZ
Telephone
+44 7397962566
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ3 - Hampshire and Isle of Wight
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,500,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
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. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
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-20201218-DCB-17533201
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
SACC DT
Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Telephone
+44 3067936366
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team
Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom