LIGHTNING SHIELD & TIGERTRAP Support Contract

Concepts

• kings lynn
• data security
• lightning shield & tigertrap
• support of lightning shield & tigertrap
• software development

Location

Surrey, East and West Sussex:

Description

Services contract in support of LIGHTNING SHIELD & TIGERTRAP SDG.

Total Quantity or Scope

Services contract for the support of LIGHTNING SHIELD & TIGERTRAP SDG.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 72212732 - Data security software development services

Legal Justification

The Lightning II Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to place a 2 year contract with Waymont Consulting Ltd (Waymont) for the continued support including repair/replacement of parts of the LIGHTNINGSHIELD and TIGERTRAP network traffic inspection device. The contract has a value of £385,000. It is considered that this Contract can be placed 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. LIGHTNINGSHIELD is a file validation software application that runs on the TIGERTRAP gateway device. Together LIGHTNINGSHIELD and TIGERTRAP form the Sovereign Data Gateway (SDG) in support of the F35 Lightning II aircraft. LIGHTNINGSHIELD acts as an inspection device, responsible for monitoring all network traffic between ALIS-SOU (UK) and ALIS-ALOU (USA). Waymont is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of both the TIGERTRAP hardware and LIGHTNINGSHIELD software solution under a proprietary design that was approved by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Only Waymont has the requisite technical know-how, tools and means, including proprietary documentation and information to carry out the services required. Waymont is not prepared to authorise any third party to use its proprietary information and the MOD does not hold, nor does it have the right to obtain or use, the necessary documentation or information from Waymont and cannot authorise a third party to carry out maintenance work to either the software or the hardware.

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