Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Army HQ
Andover
Contact
simon.ridgway980@mod.gov.uk
For the attention of
Cole Rachel
Email(s)
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:
Involvement in Army stand at DSEI 21
two.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
two.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services
Please provide an expression of interest in attending no later than 7th May 2021 by emailing simon.ridgway980@mod.gov.uk
if your organisation is a small or medium enterprise, please make this clear in your expression of interest.
The Army stand at DSEI 2021 will focus on the Army’s current and future challenges. It will show how the Tommyworks Programme is using spiral development to enhance capabilities and how this is informing the development of the Land Industrial Strategy, how the Army Warfighting Experiment will be placed on a programmatic footing and articulate the vision for the Future Land Combat System. It will reinforce the importance of Multi Domain Integration and how the Army will be enabled by a digital backbone, working with industry to iteratively upgrade capabilities to exploit advances in technology and adapt to emerging threats.
The Army theme for DSEI 21 is ‘Future soldier: an integrated Army’. The Army is keen to work with industry during DSEI. Companies are requested to highlight opportunities either have representation on the Army, be located near the Army stand or signposted from the Army stand. Companies will be selected using the following criteria:
- Already have a stand at DSEI.
- Relevant to the Army theme.
o Can clearly articulate involvement/links/relevance to the Army theme and provide a brief description of how.
o Is a current capability and / or future innovative idea in areas directly linked to the Army theme and can demonstrate this as part of the response.
- Either has an ongoing relationship with Army and is working on current procurements or has in interest to participate in future procurements linked to the theme.
- Sufficient space and time available to include on/link to the Army stand.
two.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 75221000 - Military defence services
Section six: Complementary information
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.