VTN 704456454 - DDSFTW076 Northrop Grumman Software License Agreement

Tender description

The Dynamic Software and Enterprise team (DSET) within Defence Digital, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a two-year contract with Northrop Grumman UK Ltd (“NG”) for NG Software Licence Support and respective Engineering Support Services. The software licensing and engineering support under the proposed Contract allows the provision of a critical NG application to host the C4ISR Toolset which is the mandated PJHQ J3 repository for world-wide significant operational events. This is a critical system for provision of the information environment for UK operations worldwide. Lot 1: In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for Technical Reasons.