Published date: 21 October 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 11 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Battle simulators - 35740000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£20,000,000 to £80,000,000

Procurement reference

BIP57741618

Published date

21 October 2017

Closing date

11 December 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Dates to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of dates to be added: II.6
Instead of: 11 December 2017 Time: 12:00
Read: 11 December 2017 Time: 12:00
Place of dates to be added: Period of Work start Date
Instead of: 03 December 2018 Time: 12:00
Read: 03 December 2018 Time: 12:00
Place of dates to be added: Period of Work end Date
Instead of: 01 December 2023 Time: 12:00
Read: 01 December 2023 Time: 12:00
Place of dates to be added: Deadline Date
Instead of: 01 June 2018 Time: 12:00
Read: 01 June 2018 Time: 12:00
Other additional information: No further information is required in response to this PIN Amendment. The additional information provided is issued in advance of the Contract Notice to inform the market only.

The 'Scheduled date for start of award procedures', similarly the 'Period of Work Start/End date' and 'Deadline date' for tender submission should not be relied upon at this time.

This Notice does not commit the Authority to any obligations or future contracting relating to the requirement and any investment or expenditure by suppliers relating to the requirement is at their own expense. The Authority will not provide any indemnity or reimbursement relating to work undertaken relating to the requirement without contract.

The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is developing options to provide an immersive Joint Fires training capability in mounted and dismounted roles, across Land, Littoral and Air domains, at individual and collective levels, to achieve greater flexibility and better value for money outcomes.

The Army HQ Single Statement of User Need (SSUN) which Joint Fires Synthetic Trainer (JFST) will deliver against is: 'The user requires an intuitive, accessible and immersive training capability to assist in the delivery of Joint Fires training for contemporary operations at individual and collective levels, in both the mounted and dismounted roles.'

Please see Annex B.1 3) for description of the current requirement.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is an enabler to allow t


More information

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About the buyer

Address

Abbey Wood
Elm 3b
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK

Telephone

+447741272976

Email

francis.atkinson101@mod.gov.uk