Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
LDT, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
For the attention of
Hoggins Richard
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
AMML Support
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 13: Computer and related services
NUTS code
- US - United States
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
AMML Support
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 3,100,000 USD
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
connected with the protection of exclusive rights
It is considered that for technical reasons this requirement can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (as amended). This is due to the fact that only NG-IT have the expertise and they own the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) used in the AMML creates models for ACURL and only NG-IT have the model definitions which utilises their IP to produce the necessary hard/software. The test artefacts AMML produces are a pre-requisite to test all MDFS. Without these test artefacts, MDFS cannot be verified. Verification of MDFS forms part of the operational safety envelope of the F-35. NG-IT is therefore the only supplier that can provide the AMML support required.
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
701571386
Title
AMML Support
five.1) Date of contract award decision
29 November 2021
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-IT
1740 Wehrle Drive
Buffalo
NY 14221
Country
United States
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: 3,100,000 USD
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 5
five.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No