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title: "702596452 - Alternative Navigation - Data Merging Contracts Finder Awarded Contract Notice"
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# 702596452 - Alternative Navigation - Data Merging Contracts Finder Awarded Contract Notice

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9e38843d-790d-4430-9cf1-ebc9ef951ddb

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence has awarded the contract for the 702596452 - Alternative Navigation - Data Merging project to two suppliers, Plextek Services Limited and GMV NSL Limited. The aim of this procurement is to provide GNSS-quality PNT to military users in challenging operational environments. The contract value is £1,475,916 GBP, with a contract period from August 4, 2022, to March 31, 2023. The procurement stage has reached the award phase, and the tender period ended on March 7, 2022.

This contract presents opportunities for businesses involved in military research and technology services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) interested in technology development and exploitation studies would find this tender suitable. Businesses capable of providing data merging technology and demonstrating a Technology Readiness Level of 6 could particularly benefit. The procurement method used was a Restricted procedure (above threshold), indicating a competitive selection process to engage suppliers offering specialized capabilities in the industry category of military research and technology.

## Notice

This Contract Award Notice is to announce the award of the 702596452 - Alternative Navigation - Data Merging contract to two suppliers, Plextek Services Limited and GMV NSL Limited. The aim of this procurement is to award two contracts within the budgetary envelope set out in the notice. The military relies heavily on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), but GNSS signals are vulnerable to interference. In addition, many environments in which our military operates (inside buildings, in urban canyons, under dense foliage, underwater, and underground) have limited or no GNSS signal availability. To solve this challenge, the Alt Nav programme seeks to provide GNSS-quality PNT to military users regardless of the operational environment. This involves the merging of data within the navigation system design to prolong the availability of the PNT solution from traditional and emerging sources. The Data Merging task is the subject of this competition. The proposed contractor(s) shall attend project management meetings to discuss information inclusive of but not limited to progress on technology development, exploitation studies, lessons learnt, details of architecture. The proposed contractor(s) shall provide a technology demonstration proving maturation of data merging technology to a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6 (TRL descriptions can be seen in additional text within this contract notice), followed by a technical report for contract completion. The project meetings, final report and demonstration will address the following themes: Theme 1 - Preparing for near-term exploitation of Alt Nav technologies on existing MoD applications; defining and solving the engineering orientated problems of real-life examples of Data Merging and Theme 2 - Reporting lessons learned from the first task into MoD's ongoing Data Fusion Research and Development activities. In the event that Data Source contractor(s) are not able to mature the Interface Control Documentation (ICD) on time - work with the Authority to select appropriate, industry standard ICDs and data fields e.g: - Mil GPS - GPS ICD-153 (available from the UK GNSS PO) - Open Signal GNSS - NMEA-0183 - Inertial Measurement Unit - STANAG 4572 Open System Architecture Interface to enable simulator laboratory testing of integrated INS/GPS equipment (e.g. using SPIRENT's Sim INERTIAL simulation capability (or equivalent). - Alt Nav Data Source - The ASPN interfaces from SET-309 - Illustrative Alt Nav Data source - based on STANAG 4278 Method of Expressing Navigation Accuracies and Draft STANAG 5645 GNSS Receiver Sensor Host ICD. - The MoD's emerging Assured PNT characteristics

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f09fbcdd-0f14-4e59-b3e9-284b329f871e |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Restricted procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Mar 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Aug 2022 |
| Contract period | 3 Aug 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,475,916 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,475,916 |
| 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 | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS34 8JH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Stoke Park & Cheswick |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | GMV NSL; PLEXTEK SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73410000 - Military research and technology

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2022 at 14:43 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f09fbcdd-0f14-4e59-b3e9-284b329f871e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f09fbcdd-0f14-4e59-b3e9-284b329f871e
  10th August 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6bf2ef36-5c66-46ac-8c12-098c5a18797c
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d8c7b624-d322-4ca5-aa05-c3130d866ee6
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## Notice URLs

- https://des.mod.uk/

## Provenance

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