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ClosedStage · contract

Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Team

Justification of the decision of the procurer to award the contract without the prior publication of a contract notice:

Security & DefenceCPV 35000000 35600000 35610000 35613000
Value£415.0m
Deadline17 Apr 2016
Published24 Apr 2016
RegionSouth West
Timeline
Published 24 Apr 2016ClosedCloses 17 Apr 2016
Contract value in context
£415.0mtotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£448.2m

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The brief

The Unmanned Air Systems Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”), intends to acquire the PROTECTOR Unmanned Aerial System through a Government -Government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Contract with the US Department of Defence (US DoD).

The MoD has conducted a thorough Assessment Phase (AP) which has concluded that the Certifiable Predator B (CPB) is the only system capable of achieving UK Military Type Certification (MTC) and delivering the PROTECTOR requirement within the required timescales.

The only means of acquiring the CPB is through a contract with the US DoD.

The Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 do not apply to the proposed contract with the US DoD by virtue of Regulation 7(1)(h)(i).

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The MoD has conducted a thorough Assessment

The MoD has conducted a thorough Assessment Phase (AP) which has concluded that the Certifiable Predator B (CPB) is the only system capable of achieving UK Military Type Certification (MTC) and delivering the PROTECTOR requirement within the required timescales.

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Source & provenance
OCID
75acf2ae-7f58-4c9f-98d3-2bd7b1828f1b
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
BIP40653600
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