Award

DDSFTW104-Northrop Grumman Enterprise Agreement

  • MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-023838

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-048612

Published 30 July 2024, 5:13pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

MAIN BUILDING WHITEHALL

LONDON

SW1A2HB

Contact

DSET Contracts Team

Email

ukstratcomdd-cm-dset@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI32 - Westminster

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-digital

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

DDSFTW104-Northrop Grumman Enterprise Agreement

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

An Enterprise Approach for software licensing and support

of NGUKL's products and licences. Additionally, Engineering Support Services to assist the MoD with any installation,

configuration or setting to work of any Licenced products, 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: £2,132,493

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

An Enterprise Approach for software licensing and support

of NGUKL's products and licences. Additionally, Engineering Support Services to assist the MoD with any installation,

configuration or setting to work of any Licenced products, Support.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


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:

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.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

DDSFTW104

Title

NG EA

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

30 July 2024

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

Northrop Grumman UK Limited

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Companies House

05989428

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £2,132,493


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

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.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Ministry of Defence - Defence Digital

Spur B2, Building 405, MoD Corsham

Corsham

SN13 9NR

Country

United Kingdom