Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Synthetic Environments and Training
For the attention of
Smith, Alex
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
704104450 - Maritime Command & Staff Trainer (MCAST)
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The MCAST System will provide a virtual environment for Maritime Battlestaffs (MBS) Tier 1, 2 and 2+ training and assurance exercises. The MCAST System will also provide interface to MBS participation in Tier 3 exercises run by other organisations with the potential to stretch to join Tier 4 exercises. At a lower level MCAST might be exploited for specific Tier 1 training delivered to the MBS or sub-teams.
The intent is for MCAST to be capable of linking to the wider Defence synthetic training environments. Compliance with Defence Modelling and Simulation Coherence (DMaSC) principles, as defined in JSP 939, will enhance coherence and interoperability, enable efficiencies, and facilitate integration with other synthetic environments. Links to NATO, other international partners and, potentially, component level organisations are expected to follow.
The initial 5 Year Contract Period has a value of £24,817,763.88, with the costed options (including two +1 year options) taking the overall Contract Value to £34,000,000.00
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 80610000 - Training and simulation in security equipment
Additional CPV code(s)
- 35740000 - Battle simulators
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £34,000,000
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated with publication of a contract notice
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
704104450
five.1) Date of contract award decision
31 July 2025
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
2
Number of offers received by electronic means
2
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
QinetiQ LTD
Ively Road
Farnborough
GU14 0LS
Country
United Kingdom
National registration number
03796233
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £34,000,000
Excluding VAT
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