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title: "U88 - WP5 QUANTUM COMPUTING APPLICATION TO SENSOR MANAGEMENT"
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# U88 - WP5 QUANTUM COMPUTING APPLICATION TO SENSOR MANAGEMENT

Buyer: DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-385d3377-a169-43ac-89c0-9bc651ad7589

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) seeking contractors for the project titled "U88 - WP5 Quantum Computing Application to Sensor Management". This project falls within the Research and Development Consultancy Services category, aimed at enhancing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities through innovative quantum computing techniques. The project's tender stage is now complete, with an awarded contract value of £239,946.87, initiated on 18 May 2022, and set to conclude by 31 March 2023. The procurement was conducted as a selective method through a call-off from a framework agreement, with the finalisation of tenders noted prior to the deadline on 24 April 2022. The relevant location for this project is Salisbury, England.

This tender creates significant opportunities for businesses involved in advanced computing technologies and consultancy services, particularly those specialising in quantum computing and machine learning algorithms. Larger firms capable of delivering cutting-edge research and development, as well as those experienced in ISR sensor management, would be particularly well-suited to compete for such projects. The successful integration of AI and quantum technologies to enhance operational capacities presents a unique platform for growth in this sector.

## Notice

This work forms part of the project "AI and Autonomy for the ISR Enterprise" which seeks to release capacity and maximize understanding in our ISR enterprise in order to maintain Information Advantage. Specifically it will demonstrate a: * World leading ISR capability, closely coupling 'exploit' and 'collect' throughout the ISR hierarchy, enabling collection tasking to be created dynamically and opportunistically, and AI enhanced PED from the core to the edge; and a * Data-led and AI-enabled Intelligence Analysis function constrained by the available data, algorithms and computational power, rather than capacity of human operators. The overall project is addressing one of the five core capability challenges identified in the 2020 MOD Science and Technology Strategy. It supports the development of generation-after-next capabilities. This requires it to work with cutting edge and innovative suppliers in industry and academia at pace. Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Sensor Management can involve a variety of repeated, complex, high dimensional, near real time optimization calculations that are computationally very intensive. On current hardware, such calculations are not feasible for large numbers of sensors and/or significant, real-world scenario complexity. Quantum computing technology may potentially provide a means to overcome current processing limitations and deliver orders of magnitude improvement in speed for certain types of calculation, including optimization calculations. The main focus of the proposed project is the research and development of quantum computer algorithms that support the types of battlefield Sensor Management optimization processes and scenario level data fusion processes of interest. The requirements that these processes need to meet are scenario dependent, time varying and non-linear. This means that the types and scope of application of quantum optimization and machine learning algorithms will need to be carefully considered by Suppliers.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9659c3f0-d86a-49f8-9121-6c7284eafe94 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Jun 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Apr 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 May 2022 |
| Contract period | 17 May 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £239,946 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £239,946 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY |
| Locality | SALISBURY |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode | SP4 0JQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK72 Wiltshire |
| Local authority | Wiltshire |
| Electoral ward | Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley |
| Westminster constituency | Salisbury |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 23 Jun 2022 at 16:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9659c3f0-d86a-49f8-9121-6c7284eafe94

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9659c3f0-d86a-49f8-9121-6c7284eafe94
  23rd June 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/03b8f5b7-5b58-4a89-b7f7-8a527ffa348e
  DSTL SERAPIS CONTRACT DSTL_AGR_SERAPIS_UND_01 TASK U88

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