S2170 Contract Extension

Maritime Combat Systems team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to place a contract amendment for the In-Service Support of Surface Ship Torpedo Defence equipment with Ultra Electronics Limited for an additional period of up to 24 months. The contract amendment will include installation and removal of the Full Fit equipment as part of Maritime Tasking Equipment in the Royal Navy Plan. It is considered that this contract amendment can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons (inter alia ownership of Special to type test equipment, design information, diagnostic skills and training delivery) the contract can only be awarded to Ultra. Ultra are the original equipment manufacturer and only they have the technical documentation information necessary to support the SSTD system equipment.