Torpedoes In Service Support

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: 11.1.2 Instead of: for up to 10 years duration.

Read: for an appropriate duration to be determined through negotiation.

Other 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 Torpedoes, Tomahawk and Harpoon Project Team (TTH PT), as part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a future contract, on a single source basis, with BAE Systems Maritime Services for an appropriate duration to be determined through negotiation from no later than July 2019 for the In Service Support of the Spearfish Heavyweight and Sting Ray Lightweight torpedoes.

The new contract is likely to be a CAT A or B requirement depending on scope and duration.

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest, so please do not apply to be invited to tender.

This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency.

If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement you should apply directly to the supplier named above.