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title: "Provision of ZODIAC Alpha (DInfoCom/0190)"
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# Provision of ZODIAC Alpha (DInfoCom/0190)

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b761efa1-7689-4b13-91c1-fc779e2e41a4

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Ministry of Defence seeking a contractor for the "Provision of ZODIAC Alpha", a project within the Land Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) programme. This service-oriented contract, valued at £6,680,241.54, is located in the South East of the United Kingdom. The procurement method employed is selective, with the contract period commencing from 16th August 2021 and set to conclude on 31st March 2023. The tender was completed on 12th August 2021, concluding the active phase of this procurement.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in research and development services, particularly those with the capability to integrate advanced technology such as Artificial Intelligence within military solutions. Companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), that demonstrate innovation in developing ISTAR systems and can effectively manage complex data analytics and sensor integration will find this competition well-suited to their expertise. The extensive nature of the project may also allow room for collaborative partnerships to enhance service delivery.

## Notice

It is critical that the Army has an accurate, timely and predictive understanding of the environment it is operating in. This includes situations where sub-threshold and grey zone operations are the norm. Unless there is significant investment in the Army's Land Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability it will not be capable of meeting this requirement. The current Land ISTAR capability is unable to exploit Defence and National Intelligence capabilities which have an increasingly temporal and tactical fidelity. Poor connectivity also means that Land's contribution to the wider Single Intelligence Environment is low. The current Land ISTAR capability privileges collection that focuses on the physical dimension, this must be balanced with an equal emphasis on the virtual and cognitive dimensions. This will potentially be met through StratCom projects, though there are serious concerns about the funding of these critical Land dependencies. Project ZODIAC is the core of the Land ISTAR programme. This project will provide a system that integrates the individual ISTAR sensors into a coherent network and both speeds and improves our ISTAR cycle with Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled automation including the following functions: Intelligence Requirements Management, ISTAR sensor planning, command and control of sensors (including x-cueing) and processing. ZODIAC will work closely in conjunction with HYDRA which will deliver a cloud-based, fusion and analytic capability that provides the storage, fusion and integrated big data-analytic aspects of the Intelligence process. The operation of this ZODIAC/HYDRA system will not be confined to operational field deployments but will stretch back to the home base and allow the Army's ISR operators to be persistently engaged in the development of intelligence. LE TacCIS provides the field network and connectivity upon which the future Land ISTAR systems will operate and the aim is for any significant battlefield sensor (including AJAX, BOXER, GBAD, APACHE and WILDCAT) to be able to interface with ZODIAC. They are also exploring integration of Air and Maritime sensors through bi-laterals with the other single Services. Enterprise IT (MODNET and NSoIT(D)) will provide the ISTAR connectivity and network support for the firm bases.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3188560f-5df3-44a1-a036-55e9958c42ec |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Jul 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Aug 2021 |
| Contract period | 15 Aug 2021 - 31 Mar 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £6,680,241 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £6,680,241 |
| 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 | ANDOVER |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode | SP11 8HJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ36 Central Hampshire |
| Local authority | Test Valley |
| Electoral ward | Andover Millway |
| Westminster constituency | North West Hampshire |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ROKE MANOR RESEARCH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 16 Aug 2021 at 11:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3188560f-5df3-44a1-a036-55e9958c42ec

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3188560f-5df3-44a1-a036-55e9958c42ec
  16th August 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/54b764fb-5c4b-4492-bc69-5fff313f0286

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