F-35 EPGS Depot Activation - VTN

Concepts

• military electronic systems
• deeside
• f-35 epgs depot activation - vtn
• epgs
• depot
• vtn
• f-35
• training and simulation
• specific collins aerospace f35 components
• collins aerospace f35 components

Location

DE&S Deca Sealand, Deeside

Description

Establishment of a Test and Repair Capability to Support Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) of specific Collins Aerospace F35 Components

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 80660000 - Training and simulation in military electronic systems

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

This requirement is for the establishment of a test and repair capability for Collins Aerospace F-35 components at DE&S Deca. This will support the maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade (MRO&U) of specific F-35 Collins Aerospace components at DE&S Deca In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this contract is regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (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 this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. The Contract term shall be for a period of 15 months. The estimated value of the contract is circa two million pounds (£2,000,000.00). Collins Aerospace holds all the available technical information for their F-35 components and has the technical expertise, knowledge and know-how necessary to establish the test and capability requirement. This information is not available to the Authority as it is owned by Collins. The Authority does not have the necessary rights to this information and would be unable to provide a suitable level of details to any third party that would enable them to fulfil this requirement. The Authority is required to comply with maintenance management policy relating to the capability implementation for F-35 which sets out that only Collins Aerospace as the OEM can carry out the establishment of a test and repair capability. The Authority will have access to the information necessary to meet this requirement pursuant to an extant TAA with Collins Aerospace.