Air defence radar

Tender description

Please Note that the Contract has not yet been awarded. This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency notice to notify that the Authority intends to place the contract for the provision of Primary radar feed services with London Southend Airport Company Ltd. The ADEWS DT (Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems Delivery Team), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to London Southend Airport Ltd for Primary Radar Feed from London Southend airport. The estimated contract value is 390 000 GBP. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication as permitted by article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council regulation 32(b)(ii) of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for technical reasons. London Southend Airport Ltd is the only airport to cover the specific geographical area required to deliver these critical services in the region of Southend. Additionally, London Southend Airport Ltd is the only supplier in the region with operational equipment to provide the feed in the required format and expertise to interface with the Authority's subcontractors' equipment/teams enabling the services to be delivered to the U.K. Air Surveillance and Control System.