Published date: 19 October 2020

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: 14 November 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Development of software for military applications - 72231000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£500,000 to £1,400,000

Procurement reference

BIP92104798

Published date

19 October 2020

Closing date

14 November 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

4 January 2021

Contract end date

3 January 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

CESTIUS is a concept-validation exercise within PYRAMID that is designed to provide feedback on the usability and 'openness' of the technical solution by assessing the PRA Exploiter's Pack through an experiment in component development. The experiment will be conducted by a component developer and will consist of the development a PYRAMID-Compliant software component using the PRA Exploiter's Pack, capturing lessons learned on the experience of development, and supplying the component to a system integrator for integration testing. The value of these activities is in the findings of the experience which should provide confidence that the material enables suppliers to develop PYRAMID-Compliant systems. Consequently, the Authority is seeking responses that demonstrate a well-considered approach, e.g. the controls on the methods for conducting and observing the experiment. Responses will be considered against the proposals to capture and communicate the lessons learned from the assessment.

Any company successful at the DPQQ stage will be required to sign a License in order to receive a copy of the PRA Exploiter's Pack to use during the ITT stage. Any company that is unwilling to sign the License will be unable to participate in the tender.

More information

Additional text

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and search for the notice with reference 'UK-BRISTOL: Development of software for military applications.'.

About the buyer

Address

Abbey Wood
BRISTOL
BS34 8JH
UK

Telephone

+447976361308

Email

DESCAST-PYRAMID@mod.gov.uk