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Trials Support to Environmental Assessment of Countermeasures Bay

Ministry of Defence

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27 Jun 2023 at 15:47

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14 Mar 2023 at 08:56

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Summary of the contracting process

The Lightning Delivery Team (LDT), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, awarded a contract to Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Ltd (CAeS) for trials support and data assessment in the field of security and defence materials research and development. The contract titled "Trials Support to Environmental Assessment of Countermeasures Bay" was awarded through a limited procurement method using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract is valued at £500,000 and was signed on 10th January 2023. The project's buying organization is the Ministry of Defence, based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The procurement stage is "award", and key dates include the award date on 14th March 2023.

This contract, focusing on trials support and data assessment, provides business opportunities for SMEs well-versed in security and defence materials research and development services. Companies with expertise in conducting environmental assessments within the defence sector would be suited to compete. The contracting authority is seeking to enhance their technical knowledge through trials conducted by CAeS, which will lead to an updated assessment of environmental conditions. The negotiated procedure allowed for the selection of CAeS based on their unique expertise and previous successful collaboration with the Authority, ensuring accurate data recording and safe deployment of instrumented rounds on aircraft.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Trials Support to Environmental Assessment of Countermeasures Bay

Notice Description

Trials support and data assessment

Procurement Information

The Lightning Delivery Team (LDT), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Ltd (CAeS) to provide support to trials and update an assessment of the environmental conditions within the countermeasures bay. This will be conducted with representative instrumented rounds to produce a report on the environmental conditions. It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16 (1) (c) and 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011. This is an applied research contract where the Authority is conducting a trial to gain technical knowledge of the environmental conditions within the countermeasures bay. On the basis of technical grounds only CAeS have the expertise and requisite knowledge of the instrumented rounds to be used by the Authority having designed, manufactured, certified and maintained these instruments. The instrumented rounds need to be maintained to specific standards to ensure accurate data is recorded. As the OEM CAeS can provide the Authority with the assurance that the items will be safe to fly within the aircraft. Therefore, CAeS are the only economic operator who can ensure the instrumented rounds are calibrated correctly and can be released onto an aircraft thus meeting the Athuroity's requirement. These trials are a continuation of trials previously conducted by CAeS. The Authority requires additional data to ensure that the report produced provides sufficient information to give the Authority confidence in its understanding of the environmental conditions.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b27d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018282-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£900,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Jun 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Jan 20233 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
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
Not specified
Postcode Area
Not specified
Country
Not specified
Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
TLK11 Bristol, City of
Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited

Further Information

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