Official UK procurement notice
AMML Support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAMML Support
CPV: Military aircrafts
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-015004- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c210Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the directive
- Published justification
VTN for Air and Space Warfare Centre (ASWC) Multi-Spectral Modelling Lab (AMML) Support Contract”
The Lightning Delivery Team (LDT), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Northrump Grumman International (NG-IT) to provide in-service support to the AMML.
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.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman-ITSubcontracting: declared | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 015004-2021-1 · Northrop Grumman-IT
- Signed
- 30 Jun 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMML Support | — | — | — | US$2,500,000 – US$5,000,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | US$2,500,000 – US$5,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- MODReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Northrop Grumman-ITAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.