Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Swindon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Collaborative Mission Manager
Reference number
703246450
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72266000 - Software consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Joint Warfare is required to explore the full integrated capability of the Collaborative Mission Manager (CMM) suite, as a Multi Domain C2 Toolset. CMM is a product by currently in use with the US Department of Defence (DoD) under the name of Command and Control in the Information Environment (C2IE). It will also be able to support the requirement to communicate and transfer data with our main Bi-lateral partner and FVEYs community, a specified task under the Fully Networked Command, Control and Communication (FNC3) work strand.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 2,215,770 USD
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Detailed below are the requirements that UK StratCom will seek to meet as part of it’s experimentation with CMM. The provision of CMM, data and resources by RII will enable the following:
● Scope and evaluate software tools to support the functional delivery of a Joint Configurable Operating Picture (JCOP) for UK StratCom in order to provide robust and accurate Key User Requirement (KUR) document set and evidence to support both Capability Development (Cap Dev) and jHUB Projects.
● Inform, develop and demonstrate UK StratCom JCOP requirements to enable a unified data environment (Partner Network Environment (PNE)) for the operational level enabling interoperability with; tac, strat and with allies and partners.
● Develop and demonstrate user requirements for how audiences are displayed through the JCOP to support: situational awareness; MoE; Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and the display of network analysis.
• Review and test the utility of the concept of a permissions matrix which is consistent with the narrative and is controlled through the targeting process. (include in JTTP 3-81v3 as a concept under development)
● Demonstrate the ability to filter information from the tactical to the strategic domains for Commander’s decision support.
● The requirement to automate staff processes to optimise human machine teaming and minimise demands on staff and allow more time to address complexity to improve C2 effectiveness.
● Discover the full capability of the Command Planning Tools incorporated in CMM.
● Discover the ability to integrate CMM into MDI for the HQ and linkages with FNC3.
● Discover the ability to integrate CMM with data sources and systems by API to dynamically sense and understand across all domains, utilise historical data sets with the ability to identify patterns, deviations or changes in environments specific to the Audience Centric Approach.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice
- The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
UK Strategic Command (UKStratCom), part of the Ministry of Defence, “The Authority” intends to award a 12-month contract to the total value of $2,215,770 (USD) Ex VAT to Research Innovations Inc. to provide a Collaborative Mission Manager (CMM) tool in order to trial a Partnered Network Environment with the United States Department of Defence (US DoD). It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii), Section 3 of Chapter 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for Technical reasons.
Research Innovations Inc. CMM tool is currently the only solution on the market able to fulfil the Authority’s interoperability requirements with US Department of Defence (DoD) systems in order to enable the collection, collation and sharing of operational data between the US DoD and the Authority.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Title
Collaborative Mission Manager
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
8 March 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Research Innovations Incorporated (RII)
6363 Walker Lane, Suite #500
Alexandria, VA 22310
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 2,215,770 USD
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom