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1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Legal type of the buyer: Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority: Defence
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: The acquisition of Fixed Air Defence Radars (FADR), including support for sustainment and training
Description: The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has entered into a contract on 11 December 2025 with Lockheed Martin Global, Incorporated, (Lockheed Martin), concerning the acquisition of Fixed Air Defence Radars (FADR), including support for sustainment and training. The contract covers the acquisition of three FADRs to be installed at different sites across the Kingdom of Denmark, and an option for DALO to procure one additional FADR. The contract is divided into two agreements: 1) a contract regarding the delivery and installation of the FADRs (the Acquisition Contract), and 2) a framework agreement (the Sustainment Agreement) regarding support for sustainment (spare parts, repair services and technical support) and training for a period of up to 25 years The overall purpose of the acquisition is to replace and expand the existing radar capacity thereby improving and expanding airspace surveillance over the Kingdom of Denmark. To protect the essential interests of Denmark’s security, the contract has been awarded directly to Lockheed Martin pursuant to Article 346(1)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), following a limited competitive process.
Procedure identifier: c062dfac-b55f-404a-bf73-46a17d06c47d
Previous notice: 128703-2024
Previous notice: 134395-2025
Internal identifier: 4029189
Type of procedure: Negotiated without prior call for competition
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Supplies
Additional nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 35723000 Air defence radar
Additional classification (cpv): 50660000 Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country: Denmark
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information: The FADRs shall be delivered and installed at different sites across the Kingdom of Denmark.
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: The field concerning whether the acquisition is a framework agreement is marked as ‘no framework agreement’. However, this is due to system-related limitations, as it is not possible to select both a contract and a framework agreement. The value set out in "Value of all contracts awarded in this procedure" and "Value of the result" is the evaluation-technical price of the successful offer of both the Acquisition Contract and the Sustainment Agreement. It does thus not necessarily reflect the final value, nor does it constitute a commitment by DALO to procure goods or services corresponding to that amount.
Legal basis:
Directive 2009/81/EC
Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) - To protect the essential interests of Denmark’s security, the contract has been awarded directly to Lockheed Martin pursuant to Article 346(1)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), see Article 2 of Directive 2009/81/EC.
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0000
Title: The acquisition of Fixed Air Defence Radars (FADR), including support for sustainment and training
Description: The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has entered into a contract on 11 December 2025 with Lockheed Martin Global, Incorporated, (Lockheed Martin), concerning the acquisition of Fixed Air Defence Radars (FADR), including support for sustainment and training. The contract covers the acquisition of three FADRs to be installed at different sites across the Kingdom of Denmark, and an option for DALO to procure one additional FADR. The contract is divided into two agreements: 1) a contract regarding the delivery and installation of the FADRs (the Acquisition Contract), and 2) a framework agreement (the Sustainment Agreement) regarding support for sustainment (spare parts, repair services and technical support) and training for a period of up to 25 years The overall purpose of the acquisition is to replace and expand the existing radar capacity thereby improving and expanding airspace surveillance over the Kingdom of Denmark. To protect the essential interests of Denmark’s security, the contract has been awarded directly to Lockheed Martin pursuant to Article 346(1)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), following a limited competitive process.
Internal identifier: 4029189
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Supplies
Additional nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 35723000 Air defence radar
Additional classification (cpv): 50660000 Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems
Quantity: 4 pieces
Options:
Description of the options: DALO has an option to purchase one additional FADR.
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Country: Denmark
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information: The FADRs shall be delivered and installed at different sites across the Kingdom of Denmark.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration: 25 Years
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals: 4
Other information about renewals: The contract covers both an Acquisition Contract and a Sustainment Agreement. The ordinary duration of the Sustainment Agreement is seven years. The Sustainment Agreement can be renewed twice for six years, followed by two additional renewals of three years, thus a total of up to 18 years, resulting in a maximum duration of 25 years. The Acquisition Contract will in general be in force until the supplier has fulfilled all its obligations under this contract, namely the delivery and installation of the FADRs.
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
Additional information: The field concerning whether the acquisition is a framework agreement is marked as ‘no framework agreement’. However, this is due to system-related limitations, as it is not possible to select both a contract and a framework agreement. The value set out in "Value of all contracts awarded in this procedure" and "Value of the result" is the evaluation-technical price of the successful offer of both the Acquisition Contract and the Sustainment Agreement. It does thus not necessarily reflect the final value, nor does it constitute a commitment by DALO to procure goods or services corresponding to that amount.
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Lead times for delivery and installation of the radar systems
Description: N/A
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Integration to NATINAMDS
Description: N/A
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Fulfillment of technical and operational requirements
Description: N/A
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Fulfillment of Evaluation requirements
Description: N/A
Criterion:
Type: Price
Name: Price
Description: N/A
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Risk assessment of the contractual basis for the acquisition
Description: N/A
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria: DALO has awarded the contract to the tenderer whose offer is deemed to perform best overall across the six (unweighted) sub-criteria stated below which were further described in the competition material.
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement:
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system:
No dynamic purchase system
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement
Information about review deadlines: Pursuant to section 7(2) of the Danish Consolidation Act no. 593 of 2 June 2016, as amended, on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, a complaint concerning a concluded contract covered by Titles II or III of the Danish Public Procurement Act (Act no. 1564 of 15 December 2015, as amended) or by the Utilities Directive (Directive 2014/25/EC) must be lodged with the Complaints Board within 45 calendar days after the contracting entity has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. The deadline is calculated from the day after the day when the notice was published. The same deadline applies to complaints concerning concluded contracts covered by the Defence and Security Directive (Directive 2009/81/EC), see Statutory Order no. 1077 of 29 June 2022 implementing the Directive. The complainant must inform the contracting entity of the complaint in writing not later than simultaneously with the lodging of the complaint to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement. The Complaints Board for Public Procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available on the Complaints Boards website.
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Organisation signing the contract: Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
6. Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice: 3 892 780 485,00 DKK
Direct award:
Justification for direct award: Defence-specific and security-specific exclusions
Other justification: It is DALO's assessment that the contract could be awarded directly (without a tender procedure) for the protection of the essential interests of Denmark’s security, pursuant to Article 346(1)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The justification for awarding the contract directly in accordance with Article 346(1) (b) TFEU is, in particular, the following: The FADRs are military equipment which fall within the scope of the Council’s list from 15 April 1958, see also recital 10 of Directive 2009/81/EC, and the other services and supplies to be procured under the contract are directly related to the FADRs. The FADR capability protects the essential interests of Denmark’s security, as the FADRs constitute a core element of Denmark’s air surveillance and inter alia contribute to the detection, identification and tracking of airborne threats. The capability is thus essential to the effective functioning of Denmark’s national air defence and Denmark’s contributions to NATO’s integrated and coordinated air defence. In light of the extremely time-critical operational need to improve and expand the surveillance capabilities, the acquisition could not be effectively carried out by any measures other than a direct award of the contract as a public tender procedure would not be capable of meeting the required timeline. Furthermore, DALO needed – compared to a public tender procedure – greater flexibility in the structuring of the competition, including the ability, in step with the rapidly evolving geopolitical security situation, to continuously adapt the competition material applied, including the criteria for the award of the contract. The competition in the civilian market will not be adversely affected, inter alia because the procurement was organised in a manner ensuring the highest possible degree of openness and competition under the circumstances, through a limited competitive process between two suppliers. It is DALO’s assessment that the duration of the Sustainment Agreement of 25 years is justified by special circumstances, primarily in the light of the expected service life of the FADRs and the technical difficulties that may arise from a change of supplier.
6.1.
Result lot identifier: LOT-0000
Winner selection status: At least one winner was chosen.
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner:
Official name: Lockheed Martin Global, Incorporated
Tender:
Tender identifier: 4029189 Lockheed Martin Global, Incorporated
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0000
Value of the tender: 3 892 780 485,00 DKK
The tender was ranked: no
The tender is a variant: no
Subcontracting: Not yet known
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract: 4600009127 and 4600009128
Title: Acquisition Contract concerning the acquisition of Fixed Air Defence Radars (FADR), including support for sustainment and training.
Date on which the winner was chosen: 02/12/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 11/12/2025
Organisation signing the contract: Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
6.1.4.
Statistical information
Summary of the review requests the buyer received:
Number of complainants: 0
Received tenders or requests to participate:
Type of received submissions: Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 2
Type of received submissions: Tenders from micro, small or medium tenderers
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 0
Type of received submissions: Tenders from tenderers registered in other European Economic Area countries than the country of the buyer
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 1
Type of received submissions: Tenders from tenders registered in countries outside of the European Economic Area
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 1
Type of received submissions: Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 2
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Registration number: 16287180
Department: Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Postal address: Lautrupbjerg 1
Town: Ballerup
Postcode: 2750
Country subdivision (NUTS): Københavns omegn (DK012)
Country: Denmark
Contact point: Ole Reitzel
Telephone: +45 41946258
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
Organisation signing the contract
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement
Registration number: 37795526
Postal address: Nævnenes Hus, Toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postcode: 8800
Country subdivision (NUTS): Vestjylland (DK041)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +45 72405600
Roles of this organisation:
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Registration number: 10294819
Postal address: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postcode: 2500
Country subdivision (NUTS): Københavns omegn (DK012)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +45 41715000
Roles of this organisation:
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
8.1.
ORG-0004
Official name: Lockheed Martin Global, Incorporated
Size of the economic operator: Large
Registration number: 32073808
Postal address: 497 Electronics Parkway
Town: Liverpool, NY
Postcode: 13088
Country: United States
Roles of this organisation:
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0005
Official name: Mercell Holding ASA
Registration number: 980921565
Postal address: Askekroken 11
Town: Oslo
Postcode: 0277
Country subdivision (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)
Country: Norway
Contact point: eSender
Telephone: +47 21018800
Fax: +47 21018801
Roles of this organisation:
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 29cf3da7-3dbb-4e33-ab57-0200ce722d72 - 01
Form type: Result
Notice type: Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 31
Notice dispatch date: 19/01/2026 07:54:05 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
Notice dispatch date (eSender): 19/01/2026 08:30:44 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 42128-2026
OJ S issue number: 13/2026
Publication date: 20/01/2026