Repair and maintenance services of vehicle transmissions

Tender description

Babcock DSG Ltd acting as the authority's agents intends to negotiate a single source contract with Mitchell Powersystems, using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Article 28 (1) (e) of the Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16 (1) (a) of the UK Defence and Security Public Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. Babcock DSG Ltd acting as the Authority's agent intends to negotiate a single source Contract with Mitchell Powersystems Ltd for the Repair/Overhaul and Testing of the 2500SP and 3500SP Allison Transmission fitted to the Viking Armoured Fighting Vehicle Platform Fleet and Protected Mobility Vehicle Platforms (PMVP). A 5 year single source framework agreement with Mitchell Power Systems to facilitate the repair of various transmissions fitted to Vehicle Support Team (VST) Armoured Tracked Portfolio Platform Viking and Protected Mobility Vehicle Platforms (PMVP) Cougar, Jackal, Husky and Wolfhound thus enabling the Army to undertake planned activity agreed in the Command Acquisition support plan (CASP) 2017 and to provide the increase repair quantities to enable support for the Lead Armoured Battle Group (LABG) and PEP for Vanguard High readiness activities. This requirement includes 2 unfunded option years for Viking and PMVP.