Contract

In Service Support of Queen Elizabeth Class Integrated Navigation and Bridge Systems, and In Service Support for VM250 Radar, Astute Ships Inertial Navigation System, MK39 Gyroscope across Multiple Naval Platforms (QEC INBS).

  • Ministry of Defence

F18: Contract award notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-021670

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05143b

Published 15 May 2025, 12:07pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ministry of Defence

DE&S Abbeywood

Bristol

For the attention of

Smith Hannah

Email(s)

hannah.smith210@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Electronic access to information

https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=59823


Section two: Object of the contract

two.1) Description

two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract

In Service Support of Queen Elizabeth Class Integrated Navigation and Bridge Systems, and In Service Support for VM250 Radar, Astute Ships Inertial Navigation System, MK39 Gyroscope across Multiple Naval Platforms (QEC INBS).

two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services

Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services

two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Contract Award Notice published for reasons of transparency only. The Ministry of Defence has awarded a Single Source Qualifying Defence Contract to Northrop Grumman UK Ltd for In Service Support of Queen Elizabeth Class Integrated Navigation and Bridge Systems, and In Service Support for VM250 Radar, Astute Ships Inertial Navigation System, MK39 Gyroscope across Multiple Naval Platforms (QEC INBS). The Contract will include in service core support of the INBS Equipment and Legacy equipment. The in-service support includes safety management, spares provision, systems repairs, a range of supplementary support tasks and technical support.

two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 50640000 - Repair and maintenance services of warships

two.2) Total final value of contract(s)

two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)

Value: £20,493,674

Excluding VAT


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

The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:

technical


Section five: Award of contract

Contract No

709942450

five.1) Date of contract award decision

1 April 2025

five.2) Information about offers

Number of offers received

1

Number of offers received by electronic means

1

five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Northrop Grumman UK Ltd

118 Burlington Road

New Malden

KT3 4NR

Country

United Kingdom

five.4) Information on value of contract

Total final value of the contract

Value: £20,493,674

Excluding VAT

If annual or monthly value

Number of years: 10