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Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Apache Project Team

Procurement of One (1) PFMTF (Pre Flight Message Test Facility) Rig and Two (2) STF (System Test Facility) Rig

Security & DefenceCPV 35730000
Value£16.0m
Awarded24 Nov 2019
Published6 Dec 2019
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£16.0mtotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

This is a large award for Security, Defence & Safety Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

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).

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Alongside this a need to test repairs

Alongside this a need to test repairs and conduct function/fault analysis whilst in-service through a STF (System Test Facility).

02

The Contract award will be based on

The Contract award will be based on a 54-month contracting period (18-month manufacturing including a 36-month telephone support package).

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