Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Interim Actors, Audiences, Adversaries, Enemies &Specialists (A3ES) -Project Numidian
Notice Description
Project Numidian is to provide professional, agile and responsive support to the design, planning, delivery and improvement of training across all Training Levels and Environments. This support will incorporate the provision of Contemporary Operating Environmental FORce (COEFOR), Opposition FORce (OPFOR), Hi-Fidelity Casualty Simulation (CASSIM), EXCON (Exercise Control), production of Operational Staff Work (OSW) and Exercise Scenario writing and Senior Mentoring services. To ensure the training audience is exposed to hybrid, contemporary threats and are sufficiently challenged.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The requirement is to deliver training support services, including: a. Technical writing for Mission Ready and Combat Ready exercises. b. Actors. c. Information Manoeuvre. d. Pyrotechnics. e. Unmanned Air Systems. f. Data fusion and analysis. g. HICON/LOCON/SIDECON. h. Support to Land Spec Ops.
Options: 2 x 12 Months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0344f0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018183-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
-
- CPV Codes
34711300 - Piloted aircraft
34711400 - Special-purpose aircraft
35611800 - Reconnaissance aircrafts
60444100 - Pilot services
75220000 - Defence services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £78,495,551 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jun 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Jul 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Jun 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Attn: Whyte Katie
- Contact Email
- army-comrcl-procure-proj-mailbox@mod.gov.uk, sophie.davis327@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ANDOVER
- Postcode
- SP11 8HT
- Post Town
- Salisbury
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Test Valley
- Electoral Ward
- Andover Millway
- Westminster Constituency
- North West Hampshire
Further Information
Notice URLs
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