Dismounted Joint Fires Integrator (D-JFI)

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        "title": "Dismounted Joint Fires Integrator (D-JFI)",
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        "description": "Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance. The Artillery Systems Team, part of DE&S, ran a Competitive Negotiated Procedure under Regulation 18 of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 for the D-JFI Requirement. The Army HQ Single Statement of User Need (SSUN) that DJFI will deliver against is: \"The User shall be able to generate and communicate target information from a dismounted configuration to effector systems for integrate employment of joint precision and non-precision fires to achieve tactical success.\" The main Users are dismounted Fire Support Teams (FST) and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC). D-JFI is a Category B equipment procurement project, taking into account the through-life costs. In issuing this Contract Notice and engaging with the Market, the Authority is not committing to carrying out any procurement in relation the requirement. If third parties are interested in engaging with the Authority in relation to the requirements they must do so without sharing information that is protected by copyright or patents. As per the Defence Contract Notice and OJEU advert dated 16th December 2016, the Authority presented the D-JFI requirement to the market at an Industry Briefing Day on 17th January 2017 at Larkhill. Quantity or scope: The Prime Integrator will be required to provide around 377 D-JFI systems in four configurations with three years associated support. These figures are based upon the Land Fleet Requirement as stated in the Initial Gate Business Case and are currently under review and the final figures will be included in the Invitation to Negotiate. It is expected that irrevocable contractual options may be required for support starting in 2022. The scaling of support may vary through the life of the contract.",
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