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Advance Mission Planning Aid

Ministry of Defence

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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16 Sep 2026 at 16:40

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Planning

21 May 2025 at 15:15

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence is procuring in-service support and post-design enhancement services for the Advanced Mission Planning Aid (AMPA), a ground-based mission planning system. AMPA supports Typhoon, Hawk TMk2 and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight aircrew, as well as Storm Shadow analysts, by enabling mission planning, debriefing and the generation of aircraft and weapon data uploads. The requirement covers the system’s continued operation, maintenance and development as a military software capability, including support for evolving cyber threats and regulatory, safety and operational assurance. Work is delivered across the United Kingdom. The procurement is for services in the defence and security sector, with the Ministry of Defence as the buying organisation.

The contract has been awarded through a direct award to Enterprise Services Defence and Security UK Ltd, trading as DXC Technology, with the award recorded as pending. The award date is 16 September 2026. The awarded value is £35 million excluding VAT, or £42 million including VAT. The awarded contract period runs from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2033. It follows a single-supplier direct award under the Procurement Act 2023, justified by an absence of competition for technical reasons. The Ministry of Defence considers DXC the only supplier able to provide the requirement because it is AMPA’s Design Organisation, holds the necessary technical information and currently provides its in-service support. The procurement has one completed lot, with renewal rights recorded.

This requirement is most relevant to established defence software and mission-support suppliers with advanced technical capability, secure delivery arrangements and experience supporting safety-critical military systems. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need detailed knowledge of mission planning systems, aircraft and weapon-platform data, data-transfer devices, validation and verification, operational assurance, and post-design software enhancement. Experience maintaining systems through changing cyber-threat environments would be important, alongside the ability to demonstrate compliance with defence regulatory and safety requirements. The incumbent’s position shows that continuity of design authority, access to proprietary technical information and existing in-service support expertise are commercially significant. Suppliers would need sufficient capacity to sustain a critical operational capability for a long-term Ministry of Defence customer and to provide dependable development, maintenance and assurance services.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Advance Mission Planning Aid

Notice Description

In Service Support and Post Design Services for the Advance Mission Planning Aid.

Procurement Information

Mission Panning, Identification, Defensive Aids & Survivability ("MIDAS") Delivery Team, part of the Ministry of Defence ("the Authority"), intends to enter into a contract with Enterprise Services Defence and Security UK Limited, t/a DXC Technology (the Supplier"), for In-Service Support ("ISS") and post-design enhancements of the Advanced Mission Planning Aid (AMPA). The AMPA is a critical ground-based computer system used by Typhoon, Hawk TMk2 and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight ("BBMF") aircrew, as well as Storm Shadow analysts. It supports mission planning, debriefing and generating aircraft and weapon data uploads. The capability is referred to as a Mission Planning System ("MPS"). The length of the contract will be 5 ("five") years. The approximate value of the contract is estimated to be PS35 million, ex VAT. In accordance with Section 41(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 (the "Act"), the Authority intends to rely on the Single Supplier direct award justification, as set out in Paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Act, to award a public contract directly to Supplier, not being an excluded Supplier. It is considered that a direct award is permissible under the Act on the basis that, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only the Supplier can carry out the services and there are no alternatives to those goods, services or works. Only Enterprise Services Defence and Security UK Limited can supply the services for the following reasons: The Supplier is the Design Organisation ("DO") for AMPA. Advanced Mission Planning Aid (AMPA) supports specific aircrafts and weapon platforms. The data transfer devices used by the two AMPA variants are unique within the Authority's aircraft- and stand-off missile inventory. Enterprise Services Defence and Security UK Limited is the only supplier with the detailed technical information necessary to ensure validation, verification and operational assurance. The Supplier currently provides In-Service Support including maintenance and post-design enhancements. They are the only Supplier that has the necessary technical information to be able to perform this requirement. Their continued technical expertise, data and development expertise is necessary to ensure that the system remains fully operational and compliant with evolving cyber threat environments. The Supplier, as the DO, is the only supplier with the relevant technical expertise to ensure the system meets all regulatory, safety and cyber requirements. Accordingly, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, the Supplier is considered as the only supplier that can provide the services and there are no alternatives to those services as required by the Authority. The contract will not be awarded to an excluded supplier; a Contract Award Notice and Contract Details Notice will follow in accordance with Procurement Act 2023. Risk Assessment Ref: RAR-TTYWEUH Cyber Risk Profile: Level 2 (advanced)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051b5d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087956-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72231000 - Development of software for military applications

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£16,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£35,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
21 May 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2028 - 31 Mar 2033 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

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
BS34 8JH
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Stoke Park & Cheswick
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Enterprise Services Defence and Security UK Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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