Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood South, 1261, Spruce 2B
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
Simpson Connor
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
Project MORRIGHAN
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 14: Research and development services and evaluation tests
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The aim of this tasking is to develop platform agnostic working prototypes for universal carriage of logistic and medical materiel and potentially in-extremis CASEVAC by heavy lift RAS.
We desire a platform agnostic universal carriage system to move variable payload combinations via both air and ground Remote & Autonomous Systems (RAS). We aim to: Draw on the knowledge and experience of industry to develop and optimise such a system; Inform its emerging doctrinal applications; and better understand the balance of both systemic and situational risk factors associated with its use.
There are various operational use cases for military application in the land, littoral and sea domains. In principle, we need to move logistic, equipment support and medical materiel in varying configurations around the battlespace. We want to achieve this by pre-loading a universal carriage system with whatever is required and then attach/detach this system to/from both air and ground vehicles to move it by the most suitable method. This carriage system could also be used to evacuate casualties in extremis.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 73410000 - Military research and technology
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £448,800
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted
Section five: Award of contract
five.1) Date of contract award decision
15 January 2025
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
15
Number of offers received by electronic means
15
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
ISS Group Ltd
Unit 3 The Farrowing, Fir Tree Farm
Chieveley
RG20 8RT
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £75,000
Excluding VAT
Section five: Award of contract
five.1) Date of contract award decision
15 January 2025
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
15
Number of offers received by electronic means
15
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Aether Aerospace Ltd
7 Rhosyn Close
Newport
NP19 0BD
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £149,400
Excluding VAT
Section five: Award of contract
five.1) Date of contract award decision
15 January 2025
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
15
Number of offers received by electronic means
15
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Black Space Technology Limited
10X Spacemade 10 Brindley Place
Birmingham
B1 2JB
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £74,400
Excluding VAT
Section five: Award of contract
five.1) Date of contract award decision
15 January 2025
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
15
Number of offers received by electronic means
15
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Skylift UAV Ltd
Skylift UAV Ltd, 26 Brookfield Street
Leicester
LE7 2AD
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £150,000
Excluding VAT
Section six: Complementary information
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
DE&S
MOD Abbey Wood South, 1261, Spruce 2B
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom