HORN in Service Support VTN

Concepts

• bristol
• repair and maintenance
• service support vtn
• core support
• current fleet of horn ied detectors
• service support
• horn
• cyber risk profile
• gfe storage
• repairs

Location

East Surrey

Description

This contract is for the in service support to the current fleet of HORN IED detectors currently in service. The contract includes core support, Repairs / Ad Hoc Tasking.

Total Quantity or Scope

This contract is for the in service support to HORN IED detectors. This contract comprises of core support including GFE storage, obsolescence management, repairs , Ad Hoc tasking provision of spares. The Cyber risk profile for this procurement is considered Low.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

there will be two option years on the contract to continue support till January 2027.

CPV Codes

• 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

The Specialist Explosive Ordinance Disposal Search, Exploitation Countermeasures (SEEC) Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Cobham Aerospace Connectivity for up to 7 years for in service support of HORN, which is a handheld metal detector. It is considered that this contract can be awarded to Cobham Aerospace Connectivity using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to (Regulations 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011), for technical reasons. This is because Cobham Aerospace Connectivity is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of HORN and is the only supplier to have access to the required equipment for calibration, performance verification, diagnostics and fault code clearing for these devices. In addition, Cobham Aerospace Connectivity have specialist and in-depth knowledge of the functioning of the HORN fleet enabling more effective technical support and are the owners of detailed configuration management documents that would not be accessible to new contractors. Cobham Aerospace Connectivity, as the OEM, are the only company with specialist knowledge of HORN, any other company would have to reverse-engineer the detector to understand its make-up and perform extensive testing and trials in order to ensure that the risk to users from safety critical parts remains as low as is reasonably practicable. As such, Cobham Aerospace Connectivity are the only supplier able to carry out repairs and in-service support due to the tools and expertise required

Other 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-2021119-DCB-17661972