On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, the Armaments Agency announced the selection of the most advantageous bid in the tender procedure for the delivery of 18 sets of coastal 3D (three-coordinate) radars for surface and low-flying target observation. The restricted procedure had been conducted since June 6, 2024.
Sky Capture / Photo: ELTA Systems
The deadline for submitting bids expired on July 31, 2024 (originally set for July 10). The contracting authority plans to award a base contract for 17 radar sets and an optional contract for one additional radar set under an option clause. Detailed requirements concerning the subject of the contract and the evaluation criteria for the offer were outlined in the Terms of Reference, which were provided to the contractors invited to submit bids.
The procedure involves access to classified information marked as “RESTRICTED” and its foreign equivalent (in accordance with the bilateral agreement on the mutual protection of classified information). The performance of the contract, specifically in the area of servicing and warranty repairs, involves access to classified information marked “SECRET” and its foreign equivalent, as well as “NATO SECRET.”
The contracting authority selected the offer submitted by a consortium consisting of the Polish company KenBIT, based in Warsaw, and the Israeli company ELTA Systems (a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, IAI), based in Ashdod. The offer received a total of 100 points: 70 for price and 30 for warranty period. It was the only offer that was not rejected. This means the contract will be signed soon, with an expected execution period of six years from the date of signing.
According to the contracting authority, the radars must be capable of:
- providing data in NMEA 0183 format via RS-232 and in Ethernet standard,
- providing data in ASTERIX and AWCIES formats in Ethernet standard,
- integrating with the Mark XIIA IFF system, including Mode S.
The new radars will likely be delivered to the Navy, which currently operates fixed radar surveillance posts equipped with NUR-23 early warning radars and BridgeMaster navigation radars. The Navy also supported the implementation of the Automated Radar Surveillance System (ZSRN) of the Polish Maritime Areas, launched in 2014 by the Border Guard, which currently utilises Terma Scanter 2001FD radars.
