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Technical Support Service for Operational Reference & Encyclopaedic Data

  • Ministry of Defence

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-020272

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05105b

Published 11 May 2025, 10:29pm



Scope

Reference

714811452

Description

There is an intention to run a procurement in the future for the provision of a Technical Support Service to:

Deliver a technical Service to Navy Command (NC) frontline Ships, Submarines, and Units which involves delivering fully authenticated, validated, and current Mission Critical, Operational Encyclopaedic Reference Data and digital product libraries.

Ensure the continuous availability of Mission Critical Reference Data, MCSU DIS. Maintaining effective IT infrastructures for handling classified information securely.

This will be a re-procurement to follow on from an existing contract and will potentially be run as an open competition.

Total value (estimated)

  • £4,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £4,800,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 30 April 2026 to 31 May 2028
  • 2 years, 1 month, 1 day

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

31 January 2026


Procedure

Above or below total value threshold

Above or equal to threshold


Contracting authority

Ministry of Defence

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Navy Commercial, NCHQ, Whale Island

Portsmouth

PO2 8BY

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ31 - Portsmouth

Organisation type: Public authority - central government