Future opportunity

Electronic Warfare Countermeasures Increment 1a

  • Ministry of Defence

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

Notice reference: 2022/S 000-007995

Published 24 March 2022, 12:46pm



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)

Thomas.Morgan120@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Further information

Further information can be obtained from the above mentioned contact point(s)


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.

DE&S have a requirement for a Trainable Launcher capable of deploying future and legacy rounds.

The purpose of this PIN is to notify potential suppliers of the Authority’s intention to release a DPQQ for the requirement. This DPQQ will be accompanied by a formal Contract Notice.

This DPQQ and Contract Notice will be released through the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP). Suppliers interested in taking part on the DQPP will need to register for a DSP account if they do not already have one. Guidance for suppliers in completing the DPQQ will be available for download from the DSP, indicating grounds for mandatory exclusion, grounds for discretionary exclusion, and the relative weighting of the technical questions.

The indicative release date of the DPQQ is April 2022.

This PIN is not a means to seek formal expressions of interest. The Authority reserves the right not to issue a DPQQ and Contract Notice, and not to proceed to ITN following a DPQQ process.

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.