Equipment and Support Package for the Hook Series Equipment VTN

Description

VOLUNTARY TRANSPARENCY NOTICE (VTN) TO PROCEED SINGLE SOURCE FOR Air Platform Systems Delivery Team (APS DT), part of the Ministry of Defence ("the Authority"), intends to place a six-year contract with Muirhead Aerospace for the support of an In Service Support Post Design Services, repairs and additional purchase of the Hook Series Radios. Muirhead Aerospace are the only licensed supplier with the necessary technical knowledge and experience to provide the required maintenance, technical support, repairs and post-design services to the HOOK capability. The Hook3 fully integrates with all Hook2 series equipment's and is also a NATO complaint Combat Survival Radio. Any other system would require additional equipment to communicate, program and test and would need a lengthy aircraft modification process. The authority has determined this Single Source contract is excluded from Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 under regulation 7(1)(a) in conjunction with regulation 6(3A)(a).