Notice Information
Notice Title
62335417 - SERPENS Project Interim Integration to FC BISA (II2F) additional de-risking and D&M
Notice Description
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to CGI UK IT Limited (CGI) for services relating to the testing and development of Interim Integration to Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application (FC BISA) System (II2F). II2f is a "middleware" solution that will communicate with SERPENS programme sensors and automatically 'translate' the sensor data into data readable by FC BISA. SERPENS programme will deliver the next generation of Weapons Locating Capability. The contract will be for a term of two years and has an estimated total value of PS5.8 million (inclusive of VAT).
Procurement Information
It is considered that this contract can be awarded under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 because the direct award justification specified in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 applies (single supplier - technical reasons). This is because CGI is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of FC BISA and has proprietary rights over the software that has been identified as the preferred solution. This software is critical to the communication functionality of SERPENS sensors. As owners of the software solution and OEMs of FC BISA, CGI have the unique technical knowledge, skills and access to software code necessary to meet the requirements. There is no other supplier who can develop this software without restarting the project. There is no reasonable alternative.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065c6b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028434-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
30237110 - Network interfaces
30237135 - Network interfaces cards
35711000 - Command, control, communication systems
35712000 - Tactical command, control and communication systems
72227000 - Software integration consultancy services
72228000 - Hardware integration consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £4,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Mar 20264 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Mar 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 27 Mar 20264 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 14 Jun 2026 - 15 Jun 2028 2-3 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
- DEFENCE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028434-2026
27th March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017037-2026
25th February 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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