Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Whitehall
LONDON
SW1A2HB
Contact
Joe Lloyd
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
one.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities:
No
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
Adarga EA Lite
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance
N/a
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Enterprise Agreement Lite with Adarga for AI Solutions for the purposes of R&D.
The maximum value of this contract is £12,000,000.
As per regulation 16(1)(d)(ii) of The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 - the Authority may request for an extension of this agreement for the services provided under the original contract. We reserve the right under this regulation not to compete for this extension of the same services.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 72222300 - Information technology services
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £12,000,000
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice
1) Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice
No tenders or no suitable tenders in response to: negotiated procedure competition
The periods for the restricted procedure and the negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice are incompatible with the urgency resulting from a crisis: no
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority/entity: no
The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to in the regulations: no
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development: yes
Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under strict conditions: no
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services: no
Contract related to the provision of air and maritime transport services for the armed forces deployed or to be deployed abroad: no
Section five: Award of contract
five.1) Date of contract award decision
19 December 2024
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Adarga Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom
Companies House
09742902
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £12,000,000