Published date: 24 November 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: 18 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Military electronic systems - 35700000

  • Battle simulators - 35740000

  • Data storage services - 72317000

    • Training and simulation in military electronic systems - 80660000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£20,000,000 to £80,000,000

Procurement reference

BIP58511023

Published date

24 November 2017

Closing date

18 January 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. 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

Potential Bidders will have the opportunity to ask clarification questions relating to the Contract Notice and DPQQ.

The deadline for submission of clarification questions is 12:00, 14th December 2017. The Authority will endeavour to respond to all clarification questions relating to this notice by 20th December 2017.
Battle simulators.

The Army Headquarters 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.'

A summary of the JFST requirement can be found in document "20171106-JFST-DPQQ-Industry Brief-O" as an attached Supporting Document to the DPQQ.

It is anticipated that the initial contract duration shall run for 5 years from April 2019 until end of March 2024. Also, that the Authority shall have irrevocable options to extend the contract up to a further 6 years until end of March 2030.

In issuing this Contract Notice and engaging with the Market, the Authority is not committing to carrying out any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this Notice. If third parties are interested in engaging with the Authority in relation to the requirements stated here they must do so without sharing information that is protected by copyright or patents.


More information

Additional text

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and search for the notice with reference 'UK-Bristol: Battle simulators.'.


About the buyer

Address

Abbey Wood
Elm 3b
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK

Telephone

+443067989470

Email

jake.palmer134@mod.gov.uk