DDSFTW104-Northrop Grumman Enterprise Agreement

Concepts

• software package
• northrop grumman enterprise agreement
• ddsftw104-northrop grumman enterprise agreement
• an enterprise approach
• grumman
• enterprise
• northrop
• information systems
• engineering support services
• licences

Location

LONDON

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.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 48000000 - Software package and information systems

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

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.

Other 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.