Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Holderness House,51-61 Clifton Street
LONDON
EC2A4DW
Contact
Keiran Jones
Telephone
+44 3001602371
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html
Buyer's address
https://contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Project Talos Phase II
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73436000 - Test and evaluation of military electronic systems
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
A hardware subscription service to provide the perimeter security system, inclusive of software updates and vendor support.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £3,800,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- CY - Cyprus
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The authority is procuring a hardware subscription service to provide the perimeter security system, inclusive of software updates and vendor support. This includes integration of MOD's software "SAPIENT" capable of delivering across the surveillance and perimeter security of Defence. This equipment is versatile, it can be deployed within any of the services
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
1+1 year contract with option to extend subscription service after year 1. An option to move equipment from UK to Cyprus is also included.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The contract has its object services listed in Annex II B
Explanation:
1. The jHub team, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a two-year contract from September 2021 to September 2023 with the value of £3.8m ex. VAT to Anduril Industries Inc. (Anduril) to provide a perimeter security system. The authority is procuring a hardware subscription service to provide the perimeter security system, inclusive of software updates and vendor support. This includes integration of MOD's software "SAPIENT" capable of delivering across the surveillance and perimeter security of Defence. This equipment is versatile, it can be deployed within any of the services due to Anduril having the capability to configure the equipment to a specification required by a branch.
2. It is considered the contract can be awarded using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contact notice pursuant to regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of Public Contract Regulations 2015 and regulation 16 (1)(a)(ii) of Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons.
3. Anduril's integrated security system is novel, powerful and, if successfully implemented and realised, could be as transformational for the character and conduct of war as the emergence of mechanisation, flight and wireless communication. Anduril's offer is not currently wholly replicated by any other single supplier, nor is it likely to be within the next five years given the current landscape. The UK stands to lose its relative competitive edge if Anduril's offer is widely adopted or replicated by allies and or matched in impact by the UK's adversaries before the UK does so. The optionality of adopting such a solution will rapidly dwindle if the UK wishes to retain its current relative influence and non-nuclear deterrent potential .
4. There does not appear to be a comparator suite of capabilities available from potential competitors in the Defence Sector. The few Defence primes that are offering open architecture integrated command and control solutions along similar lines to Anduril's integration software (Lattice), are not as far up the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) ladder. No other company is offering a combination of a "Lattice" style interface and a suite of compatible by design autonomous sensor platforms.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
2 August 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Anduril Industries, inc.
Irvine
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £3,800,000
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £3,800,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
MOD
London
Country
United Kingdom