Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of GECO Mission Support System Licences for Hawk TMk1
Notice Description
Provision of GECO Mission Support System Licences for Hawk TMk1
Lot Information
Lot 1
The UK Military Flight Training Systems Hawk Delivery Team (UKMFTS) part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) proposes to place a Single Source non-qualifying defence contract with Inzpire Limited, for the provision of GECO Mission Support System (MSS) software licences to deliver an Air Picture Overlay (APO) function on the GECO Tablet installed for use on Hawk TMk1 aircraft. The GECO Tablet is a proprietary product developed by Inzpire, which owns the intellectual property in the GECO software The delivery of the APO end product will be no later than 1 Jul 2026. The total value of the contract is not likely to exceed PS2M. In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this contract falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation [16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011] for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights. This is because Inzpire as the owner of the intellectual property in the GECO software is the only entity that has the necessary rights to grant the software licences.
Options: Options to extend the licence provision on a yearly basis until the OSD of the aircraft (31st March 2030)
Procurement Information
The UK Military Flight Training Systems Hawk Delivery Team (UKMFTS) part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) proposes to place a Single Source non-qualifying defence contract with Inzpire Limited, for the provision of GECO Mission Support System (MSS) software licences to deliver an Air Picture Overlay (APO) function on the GECO Tablet installed for use on Hawk TMk1 aircraft. The GECO Tablet is a proprietary product developed by Inzpire, which owns the intellectual property in the GECO software The delivery of the APO end product will be no later than 1 Jul 2026. The total value of the contract is not likely to exceed PS2M. In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this contract falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation [16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011] for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights. This is because Inzpire as the owner of the intellectual property in the GECO software is the only entity that has the necessary rights to grant the software licences.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050ba1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018519-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- 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
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48100000 - Industry specific software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Apr 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- desukmfts-hawkcomrcl@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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