Merlin Out Of Service Extension Programme Assessment Phase 2

A Contract Award Notice
by MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: not specified
Value: £50M

Sector: TRANSPORT
Published: 29 Oct 2024
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

South West England:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

MOD Yeovil

1 supplier

Leonardo Helicopters Yeovil

Description

Contract to undertake the Assessment Phase 2 of the OSDEP Programme

Total Quantity or Scope

Out of Service Extension Programme for Merlin Assessment Phase 2

Award Detail

1	Leonardo Helicopters (Yeovil) OSDEP AP 2 Reference: 035015-2024-711761450-1 Value: £50,000,000

Award Criteria

Lowest price

CPV Codes

50212000 - Repair and maintenance services of helicopters

Legal Justification

The Secretary of State for Defence intends to enter into a Qualifying Defence Contract with Leonardo Helicopters to undertake a full review of and validation of the obsolescence issues anticipated to arise in with the airframes and equipment together with the associated training aids in the 2030+ timescale in order to extend the Out of Service date of the Merlin Mk2 and Mk4/4a aircraft. In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. 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)(a)(ii) because Leonardo Helicopters have the specific know-how, tools and equipment and access to the technical drawings, publications and manufacturing data pertaining to the relevant Merlin Mk4/4a aircraft to fulfil all the contractual requirements. The procurement strategy taken is one where parallel, mirrored Single Source Qualifying Defence Contracts are to be with Leonardo Helicopters and Lockheed Martin acting as CDOs. This aims to reduce the co-ordination risk seen in previous projects by establishing a Joint Project Office (JPO).