UK5 - Transparency Notice

Procurement description

United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a follow on enterprise agreement to Palantir Technologies UK Limited (Palantir) for continued licencing and support to data analytics capabilities supporting critical strategic, tactical and live operational decision making across classifications across defence and interoperable with NATO and other allied nations Palantir systems.

Ministry of Defence

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES UK, LTD.

Procedure type

Direct award

Description of how these justifications apply

It is considered that the contract can be awarded directly in accordance Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 together with paragraph 6 (absence of competition for technical reasons) and paragraph 7 (existing services where a change of supplier would result in disproportionate technical difficulties) of Schedule 5.

This is because MoD’s data analytics capabilities use Palantir data analytics architecture that only Palantir is able licence, and which only Palantir has the design familiarity and technical expertise to fully support. Changing supplier for this requirement would involve rebuild of the underlying data analytics architecture needing support; reaccreditation of the new solutions at the required security levels; and retraining of MoD personnel; at significant cost (including to the current of level capability and interoperability with NATO and allied partners), diversion of resource, and disruption to in-train military operations and planning.

Direct award justification

Single suppliers technical reasons

Is this procurement under a special regime?

Defence and security