Published date: 11 April 2022

Last edited date: 4 May 2022

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 20 May 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Weapons, ammunition and associated parts - 35300000

Location of contract

Any region

Procurement reference

tender_303555/1060131

Published date

11 April 2022

Closing date

20 May 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Request for Information

The Authority is in the process of exploring current suppliers of 155mm Smoke and Illuminating Ammunition.

If you are interested in this potential future requirement, please provide responses to the questions below:

What is your current manufacturing experience of these natures?

What 155mm platforms - both 39- and 52-calibre systems - is the product that you will be offering qualified to be fired from?

For the product(s) that you will be offering please supply the following:

Illuminating shell: What is the duration of the illumination provided by the capability?

What is the luminosity, measured in candela of the illuminating capability?

Smoke shell: What is the duration of the smoke screen provided by the capability?

What are the dimensions of the smoke screen provided by the capability?

Please submit responses to Francesca.James100@mod.gov.uk by 1700 hrs on 20th May 2022.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

RFI - 703614454 - DGM/2013 - 155mm Smoke & Illuminating Ammunition

  • Early engagement
  • Published 11 April 2022

Links

Additional text

This Notice is a Request for Information only. The MOD is publishing this announcement without any commitment to issue a tender or place a contract.

About the buyer

Contact name

Francesca James

Address

MOD Abbeywood, DGM PT, Bristol
Bristol
BS34 8JH
England

Email

Francesca.James100@mod.gov.uk

Website

https://www.contracts.mod.uk