DDSFTW104-Northrop Grumman Enterprise Agreement

CPV: Software package and information systems

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)

Procurement category

Goods

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

30 Jul 2024, 17:13 BST

Last source update

30 Jul 2024, 17:13 BST

FTS notice number

2024/S 000-023838

Classification (CPV)

Software package and information systems

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-048612 Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the directive

Published justification

The UK Ministry of Defence, ("the Authority"), intends to renew its Enterprise Agreement with Northrop Grumman UK Ltd ("NG") for up to 12 months from April 1st 2024.

This renewal is justified under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 where competition is absent for technical reasons and where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator.

NG provide solutions used by the Authority for a number of embedded systems across the MoD Estate. In order to provide access to these services the Authority requires software licences and support. NG, as the provider of the core services, is the only entity able to grant these for technical reasons and/or for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights.

Publisher note: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications.

• Northrop Grumman UK LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05989428 London, London

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