Future opportunity

Remote observation, Surveillance and RF emission collection systems for LWC

  • Ministry of Defence

F16: Prior information notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-004657

Published 8 March 2021, 10:56pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ministry of Defence

Army Commercial - HQ Land Warfare Centre, Bldg 95, Waterloo Lines, Imber Road,

Warminster

For the attention of

Ashleigh Ely

Email(s)

Ashleigh.Ely100@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3001564227

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority/entity

www.contracts.mod.uk

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:

Remote observation, Surveillance and RF emission collection systems for LWC

two.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services

Service category No 26: Other services

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

The Authority would like to notify the market of a potential upcoming requirement for Remote observation, Surveillance and RF emission collection systems.

The Authority are keen to understand where the market stands in terms of our requirement by inviting responses to a Request for Information (RFI), full details of which are in the attached document.

Please note the following:

• This RFI will assist the Authority to refine any future requirements.

• We reserve the right not to proceed with this procurement. Nothing shall constitute a commitment to instigating a formal procurement process.

• Any and all costs associated with the production of such a response either to an RFI or any resultant competition must be borne by the Supplier. The Authority will not contribute in any way to meeting production costs of any response.

• No down-selection of Potential Providers will take place as a consequence of any responses or interactions relating to this RFI.

• The Authority expect that all responses to this RFI will be provided by Potential Providers in good faith to the best of their ability in the light of information available at the time of their response.

• No information provided by a Potential Provider in response to this RFI will be carried forward, used or acknowledged in any way for the purpose of evaluating the Potential Provider, in any subsequent formal procurement process that may take place.

• Should a Potential Provider fail to respond to this Questionnaire, it will not affect any further participation in any possible future procurement for this capability.

Estimated value excluding VAT

Range: between £5,000,000 and £10,000,000

two.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 71356000 - Technical services

Additional CPV code(s)

  • 32235000 - Closed-circuit surveillance system
  • 32323500 - Video-surveillance system
  • 32441100 - Telemetry surveillance system
  • 35125000 - Surveillance system
  • 35125300 - Security cameras
  • 38433200 - Emission measurement equipment
  • 38433300 - Spectrum analyser
  • 79714000 - Surveillance services

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.