Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Abbey Wood, Ash 2b, #3229
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Thomas Morgan
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority/entity
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the above mentioned contact point(s)
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
one.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
No
Section two: Object
two.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
Electronic Warfare Countermeasures Increment 1a
two.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.3) Information on framework agreement
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No
two.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services
This PIN is for the Electronic Warfare Countermeasures (EWCM) project, which forms part of the MEWP Programme.
The purpose of this PIN is to invite potential suppliers to a period of market engagement prior to the commencement of a future competition for the requirement.
The aim of the market engagement is for the Authority to share key elements of the EWCM programme on a technical and commercial basis. The Authority intends to use the feedback from the market engagement to further confirm our requirements and understand the cost and time drivers. Following completion of the period of market engagement the Authority intends to commence a competitive procurement.
As part of this market engagement the Authority intends to share the following documents with interested participants. The Authority believes that in order to deliver the capability required and to participate in market engagement the required scheduled technology offered should be at a current TRL level of 6 and above:
• Market engagement paper containing question sets on key elements of the EWCM Programme, to be responded to in writing by industry;
• DRAFT Indicative High Level Timeline;
• DRAFT Systems Requirements Document;
• DRAFT Platform Constraints Document; and
• DRAFT Security Aspects Letter
Suppliers who are interested in participating in the market engagement and receiving the above documents should write to Thomas Morgan at Thomas.Morgan120@mod.gov.uk to confirm their interest and to request further instruction. Due to the security classification of this requirement, the Authority can only share documents with suppliers that have a UK postal address or who have access to the MOD’s Restricted LAN Interconnect (RLI) network. Furthermore, supplier’s personnel engaged and working on this market engagement and who have access to this documentation must provide prior written confirmation to the Authority by their HR or security controller that where Security Check (SC) clearance is not held, a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check has been undertaken. Prior to receiving the above documents, the Authority will require interested suppliers to sign a two-way Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), the baseline form of which will be issued to you following your written expression of interest.
To allow for checks to take place you must provide the following information:
a) your company name; and
b) two (2) points of contact providing for each:
• Full name
• Date of birth
• Phone Number
• Nationality
• Email Address
• UK Postal address
• RLI email address if available
• Security clearance details (HR/Security controller point of contact).
The deadline for expressions to participate is 27thJanuary 2022. Any expression of interest received after this time may be rejected at the Authority’s sole discretion.
Indicative market engagement timeline:
Completion Date Activity
01/02/22 Responses back from Industry and NDAs signed
02/02/22 Authority release RFI
01/03/22 Industry review and submit responses
08/03/22 F2F meetings with industry completed
15/03/22 Authority review of responses complete
Additional Information: Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.
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.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between £100,000,000 and £250,000,000
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 35730000 - Electronic warfare systems and counter measures
Section six: Complementary information
six.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
six.2) Additional information
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.