RCRS Reconnaissance Vehicles Maintenance Contract
The Ministry of Defence, via Commando Landstrijdkrachten (MatlogCo), has a maintenance contract for three R/C reconnaissance vehicles that are deployable nationally. The previous contract expired on 31-12-2023 and has now been renewed via a framework agreement of four years plus four option years with the main contractor of the procurement project. This main contractor acts as a system integrator and is the only party with a complete overview of the subsystems, making them responsible for the planning and execution of the maintenance. Defence does not possess the internal capacity to coordinate this; therefore, the maintenance has been outsourced to the main contractor. The contract has thus been awarded to the main contractor, who must establish a preventive maintenance plan and handle defects in a timely manner to ensure operational availability requirements.
Services · Onderhandeling zonder bekendmaking · European procedure
01What is being requested
The Ministry of Defence, via Commando Landstrijdkrachten (MatlogCo), has a maintenance contract for three R/C reconnaissance vehicles that are deployable nationally. The previous contract expired on 31-12-2023 and has now been renewed via a framework agreement of four years plus four option years with the main contractor of the procurement project. This main contractor acts as a system integrator and is the only party with a complete overview of the subsystems, making them responsible for the planning and execution of the maintenance. Defence does not possess the internal capacity to coordinate this; therefore, the maintenance has been outsourced to the main contractor. The contract has thus been awarded to the main contractor, who must establish a preventive maintenance plan and handle defects in a timely manner to ensure operational availability requirements.
The contracting authority possesses 3 R/C reconnaissance vehicles that can be deployed nationally. The maintenance contract for these vehicles expired on 31-12-2023 and had to be renewed. A new framework agreement has been signed for a duration of 4 years + 4 option years with the main contractor of the procurement project. Since the acquisition of the reconnaissance vehicles, the main contractor has acted as a system integrator and is responsible for the planning and execution of the maintenance of the various subsystems of the R/C reconnaissance vehicles. To meet the operational availability
02Exclusion grounds
- No specific exclusion grounds were extracted. In a European tender, the mandatory and discretionary grounds of art. 2.86/2.87 of the Dutch Procurement Act almost always apply — check the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).
03Value in context
04Likely competitors
05Legal themes that may be relevant here
06Frequently asked questions
What is the duration of the new framework agreement for the maintenance?
What is the size of the fleet covered by the maintenance contract?
Why was the maintenance contract awarded to the main contractor?
What is the core task of the contractor within this contract?
Automatically compiled from the official tender data and documents.
07Estimated value versus the market
€ 350K
€ 1,0 mln
€ 3,3 mln
Gegunde waarden in CPV 50 · diensten n=1189