Planning

Land Ground Based Air Defence (Land GBAD) Programme - Lead System Integrator (LSI)

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Planning

18 Aug 2025 at 13:44

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence's procurement arm, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), located in Bristol, is spearheading the planning phase for the "Land Ground Based Air Defence (Land GBAD) Programme - Lead System Integrator (LSI)." This procurement process falls under the services category, specifically focusing on software and hardware integration consultancy. The engagement is designed for the central government public authority. The preliminary market engagement deadline is set for 29th September 2025, with the actual contract period scheduled to commence on 1st September 2026 and conclude on 1st September 2031. DE&S is gathering industry insight, primarily seeking input for its procurement strategy regarding system integrations in air defence systems.

The Land GBAD programme represents a significant opportunity for businesses specializing in systems integration, particularly those with experience in air defence capabilities. Companies offering expertise in software and hardware integration consultancy will find this project particularly promising, as it offers the potential for long-term involvement in a strategically important national defence initiative. Participating in the preliminary market engagement will allow businesses to showcase their capabilities, particularly in integrating complex systems to meet stringent security and functionality requirements. Successful collaboration could position companies as key contributors to a major national defence project with substantial growth prospects.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Land Ground Based Air Defence (Land GBAD) Programme - Lead System Integrator (LSI)

Notice Description

Introduction: The Authority is inviting responses from industry for market engagement about a 'Lead System Integrator' (LSI) Role for Land GBAD. Land GBAD (Ground Based Air Defence): The Land GBAD Programme was established in response to Army's requirement for a fully integrated Air Defence system of systems. This will be an enduring capability that will be delivered through incremental capability uplifts over the next 10 years. The Single Statement of User Need (SSUN) for Land GBAD is: 'Land-GBAD must provide sufficient, effective capability to warn, inform, deter and defeat selected air threats (including aircraft, missiles, munitions, and UAS), in order to prevent adversary interference from the air inhibiting Joint Force freedom of manoeuvre. Land-GBAD will provide lethal and non-lethal defeat mechanisms and minimise the risk it presents to friendly and neutral air users. It will be deployable on multi-domain operations, integrated, scalable up to divisional level, and in joint and multi-national operations to Protect, Engage, Constrain and Fight.' Capabilities to be delivered and enhanced by the Land GBAD programme include: - Short-Range Air Defence (SHORAD); - Medium-Range Air Defence (MRAD); - Specialist Counter Uncrewed Air Systems (S-CUAS) for SHORAD and MRAD; and - All Arms Counter Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (All Arms C-sUAS). The capabilities which make up the Land GBAD System of Systems (SOS) will be incrementally procured and delivered through a number of related contracts over a 10-year period, these will require a high level of integration and SOS testing. Land GBAD will also consider novel weapons, where they are effective and sufficiently mature. Lead System Integrator Role: Integration is a critical enabler for the Land GBAD Programme. The programmes requirements promote and require good integration, interoperability and use of open standards. Because of the scale of the integration required for Land GBAD, the Authority has identified a Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) role is required. The LSI will provide support to the Authority to manage technical and programme aspects relating to Systems of Systems integration and testing. The LSI roles and responsibilities will include: - Co-ordination and management of programme aspects and stakeholders. - Developing and maintaining Land GBAD architectures, to support technical and programme development. - SOS requirements management, and subordinate system requirements management, including change control. - SOS technical planning and plan development. - Defining and agreeing SoS interfaces. - Planning and conducting SoS trials. - Monitoring and managing system integration progress at SoS level, identifying steps from one-to-one system component integration to complete SoS integration. - SoS issues management and resolution. The LSI role intended to utilise industries' Systems Integration expertise, facilities and tools to leverage the delivery of the Land-GBAD requirement. The following general conditions should be noted: - The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement is for the Authority to gather information for the approach and procurement strategy for the Lead System Integrator. - The Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) does not formally signify the beginning of a procurement process and does not constitute commitment to undertake a procurement exercise. But shall help inform the development of the requirement and contracting strategy only. - All costs associated with producing a response and participating in the in-person meetings are the sole responsibility of the respondent. - The team will manage the process in an open and transparent manner, ensuring that participation or non-participation in the Preliminary Market Engagement will not give advantages or disadvantages to any supplier, nor impact their eligibility for future procurement processes. - All information provided by respondents shall be treated as commercially sensitive and not shared with any third parties. - Announcements will also be published on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) / Find a Tender (FTS)

Planning Information

Instructions to participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement: 1. Register via the following link to DSP (AWARD): https://award.commercedecisions.com/dsp/web/project/bc8bab17-2a01-4c92-a567-17608f225f85/register You will be required to make an account. Individuals already registered with DSP (AWARD) do not need to re-register; you can use your existing DSP (AWARD) login details. All individuals registering interest must hold either SC clearance or BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard), for further details please refer to - Government baseline personnel security standard - GOV.UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard 2. Upon successful registration, you will be granted access to the Instructions Documents, Role Description & Supporting Information Document and Question Set Document to ensure an understanding of the project scope, question set and guidance for your written response. The submission deadline is 29th September 2025, any request to join received after this time may be rejected at the Authority's sole discretion. 3. Following a review of the responses received, the Authority may consider holding individual face-to-face meetings with suppliers. These are tentatively planned to take place towards the end of 2025, subject to further planning and consideration.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0589e7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049548-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72227000 - Software integration consultancy services

72228000 - Hardware integration consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Jan 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Aug 2026 - 1 Sep 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DE&S
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
desjsens-comrcl-sharedmailbox@mod.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS34 8JH
Post Town
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

Further Information

Notice Documents

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