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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2024/S 000-025427/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence
Town: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom
Email: mollie.crossfield100@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
Public order and saftey

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title:
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 71356300
II.1.3) Type of contract Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
Development of a technical Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) Policy is a key underpinning activity to enable the UK PNT Project Office (UK PNT PO) to deliver comprehensive and assured advice and guidance across Defence. With the current roadmap indicating a move to a PNT JSP in this Financial Year (24/25), there is a need for additional subject matter expertise, given the lack of Space DT Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and availability of DSTL SMEs, to enable robust review of the policy throughout its development to ensure the broad scope of the varying directives and guidance are accurately captured, only achievable by a coherent overarching review.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:48000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The scope of work includes, but is not limited to:
1) Defence Standard – Mandatory Security Requirements of M-code/SAASM GPS Receiver Systems for UK MOD and Defence Contractors
2) PNT Management Plan
3) Generic SRD for multiple levels of an ‘assured PNT system’.
4) Newly published Knowledge in Defence (KiD) PNT content.
5) JSP 491 leaflet M-Code crypto considerations.
6) Support to a PNT JSP being staffed by UK StratCom.

II.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:yes
Description of options:
Draft a DIN introducing the SAASM Extended Functions and the advice on how
to benefit from these capabilities to the GPS PPS User.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice(in accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2009/81/EU)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2024-08-09
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Border Consulting
Town: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME: yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot
for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in
previous contract award notices
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Section VI: Complementary informationVI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Space DT
Town: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2024-08-12

Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for
competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
1.Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without publication of a call for competition in accordance with
Article 28 of Directive 2009/81/EU

The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment,study or development under the conditions
stated in the directive(for services and supplies only)
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
absence of competition for technical reasons

3.Explanation
Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union
is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive:
Border Consulting hold valuable expertise on technical security on US military GPS applications and experience with developing policy for MOD. The policies with which the Authority requires support need to be reviewed within a short timeframe, thereby rendering it impractical to use alternative suppliers due to the added time and cost it would take for them to fully understand the scope of the requirement. Contracting directly with Border Consulting demonstrates better value for money, in terms of time and cost, as personnel within Border Consulting were the author(s) of the original version of the security requirements document ‘Security Procedures and Safety Aspects for the use of GPS NAVSTAR By UK Ministry of Defence and Defence Contractors’, which is being incorporated and re-written into a new MOD Defstan this year.
It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(b)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate.