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OCID:: ocds-h6vhtk-049a56
Published by:: Unknown
Authority ID:: AA47308
Publication date:: 04 December 2025
Deadline date:: -
Notice type:: Contract Award Notice
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Abstract

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE FOR CONTRACTS IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

Official Name: Ministry of Defence
Postal Address: MOD Corsham Westwells Road Corsham SN13 9NR
Town: Corsham	Postal Code:	Country: UK
For the attention of: Gregory Tom	Telephone:
E-Mail: UKStratComDD-CM-Skynet-6A@mod.gov.uk	Fax:
General Address of the contracting authority (URL) Address of the Buyers Profile (URL)

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

	Purchase
	Rent
	Lease
	Hire-purchase
	Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

NUTS Code

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

The conclusion of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The production and installation of Integrated UHF SATCOM & EFMTE 4.2 baseline satellite communications equipment for the Royal Navy's T26 fleet Ships 4 to 8.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

	Main vocabulary	Supplementary vocabulary (when applicable)
Main object	32531000
Additional objects

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Value: 12964134.50 Currency: GBP Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Negotiated without a call for competition

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

Lowest Price

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of

Criteria

Weighting

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Volutary ex ante transparency notice
Notice Number in OJ 2024/S 000-029245 of 12-9-2024

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

712714450

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

4-11-2025

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

Number of offers received by electronic means:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

Official Name: STS Defence
Postal Address: Mumby Road
Town: Gosport	Postal Code: PO12 1AF	Country: UK
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

V.4)

Information on value of contract

Total final value of the contract 12964134.50 GBP
Annual or monthly value: 90 Months

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

No
If yes, value or proportion of the contract likely to be subcontracted to third parties

All or certain subcontracts will be awarded through a competitive procedure (see Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC)

A share of the contract will be subcontracted through a competitive procedure (see Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC)
minimum percentage: (%), maximum percentage: (%) of the value of the contract.
(The maximum percentage may not exceed 30% of the value of the contract)

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

No

If yes, indicate the project/programme and any useful reference

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice

3-12-2025

ANNEX D3

Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with art. 28 of Directive 2009/81/EC

a)	No tenders or no appropriate tenders in response to:
	restricted procedure negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice competitive dialogue
b)	All tenders submitted in reply to a restricted procedure, negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice or competitive dialogue were irregular or inacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria.

c)	The periods for the restricted procedure and the negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice are incompatible with the urgency resulting from a crisis.

d)	Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the relevant Directive.

e)	The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
	technical connected with the protection of exclusive rights.
f)	The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to in Article 13 of Directive 2009/81/EC. (for services and supplies only)

g)	The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the Directive. (for services and supplies only)

h)	Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive.

i)	For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market.

j)	For the purchase of supplies on particularly advantageous terms:
	from a supplier which is definitely winding up its business activities from the receivers or liquidators of a bankruptcy, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure
k)	New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.

l)	Contract related to the provision of air and maritime transport services for the armed forces of a Member State deployed or to be deployed abroad, under the strict conditions stated in the Directive

Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU:
The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the Directive. The contract falls outside the scope of application of the Directive.
In addition to the box(es) ticked above please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU is lawful, stating in any case the relevant facts, and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the articles in the relevant Directive (500 words maximum):
Defence Digital Commercial, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD), has awarded a contract for the production and installation of Integrated UHF SATCOM & EFMTE 4.2 baseline satellite communications equipment for the Royal Navy's T26 fleet Ships 4 to 8 to STS Defence Ltd. This equipment will provide a communications service to support Information Exchange Requirements (IER) for simultaneous voice and data. Please note, a Voluntary ex ante transparency notice has previously been published for this contract on the Find a Tender website, which can be seen here: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029245-2024 STS Defence Limited have previously designed a bespoke UHF SATCOM 4.2 Design capability in partnership with SNXP Limited which is accredited for use by the MoD on the T26 Fleet. The installation of this capability in T26 Ship 1 was carried out by STS Defence Limited under a task on an existing MoD Contract. This Contract was competed, and STS Defence Limited was awarded the contract. Thereafter, the installation of this capability in T26 Ships 2 and 3 was directly awarded to STS Defence Limited under a separate contract for Technical Reasons pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011, which is also applicable to this contract. Contractual timelines for the delivery of this Integrated UHF SATCOM & EFMTE 4.2 baseline equipment capability into T26 Ships 4 to 8 are already embedded within the existing Type 26 Ship Building Contract (Contract Ref. No. SHIPACQ036) as a requirement to enable repeat supply and fit. Only STS Defence and SNXP Limited have the technical ability and experience necessary to produce and install this Integrated UHF SATCOM & EFMTE 4.2 baseline equipment capability into T26 Ships 4 to 8 in a manner that is accredited for use by the MoD and meets the required timescales. It is not viable for another supplier to deliver an alternative design that meets the MoD's technical requirements within the necessary timescales. Further, the STS Defence/SNXP SATCOM design has been approved by Naval Command Headquarters (NCHQ) to ensure it is fit for use. This design and accreditation process took several years to complete. To bring in a third-party supplier to design new equipment, obtain MoD approval and accreditation for the new design and then build and install it on T26 Ships 4 to 8 would incur significant and disproportionate additional time and cost consequences to the MoD, which would also result in significant delays to Vessel Acceptance Date (the date by which MoD are required to have agreed that the newly built T26 Ship has been delivered to an acceptable level against the requirements defined in the T26 Ship Building Contract (Contract Ref. No. SHIPACQ036)), thereby causing an unacceptable capability gap to the Royal Navy.

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ID	Title	Parent category
32531000	Satellite communications equipment	Satellite-related communications equipment

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Contents

Summary

Abstract

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE FOR CONTRACTS IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

Number of offers received by electronic means:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained