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title: "Collaborative Mission Manager"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-031f8b"
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# Collaborative Mission Manager

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-031f8b

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence is seeking to procure software consultancy services for the "Collaborative Mission Manager" under a limited procurement method, specifically through a negotiated procedure without prior publication. This contract, valued at $2,215,770 USD (Ex VAT) and intended for a duration of 12 months, aims to enhance interoperability between UK Strategic Command and the US Department of Defence. The procurement process is currently in the Award stage, with the date of contract signing recorded on 23 March 2022, and the work primarily focused in the United Kingdom.

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses involved in defence services, particularly those specialising in software development and consultancy. Companies with expertise in Command and Control (C2) tools, interoperability solutions, and data management systems will find this tender particularly relevant. Engaging in this procurement can lead to growth prospects by establishing partnerships with governmental defence organisations and expanding capabilities in supporting complex military operations.

## Notice

Joint Warfare is required to explore the full integrated capability of the Collaborative Mission Manager (CMM) suite, as a Multi Domain C2 Toolset. CMM is a product by currently in use with the US Department of Defence (DoD) under the name of Command and Control in the Information Environment (C2IE). It will also be able to support the requirement to communicate and transfer data with our main Bi-lateral partner and FVEYs community, a specified task under the Fully Networked Command, Control and Communication (FNC3) work strand.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Detailed below are the requirements that UK StratCom will seek to meet as part of it's experimentation with CMM. The provision of CMM, data and resources by RII will enable the following: * Scope and evaluate software tools to support the functional delivery of a Joint Configurable Operating Picture (JCOP) for UK StratCom in order to provide robust and accurate Key User Requirement (KUR) document set and evidence to support both Capability Development (Cap Dev) and jHUB Projects. * Inform, develop and demonstrate UK StratCom JCOP requirements to enable a unified data environment (Partner Network Environment (PNE)) for the operational level enabling interoperability with; tac, strat and with allies and partners. * Develop and demonstrate user requirements for how audiences are displayed through the JCOP to support: situational awareness; MoE; Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and the display of network analysis. * Review and test the utility of the concept of a permissions matrix which is consistent with the narrative and is controlled through the targeting process. (include in JTTP 3-81v3 as a concept under development) * Demonstrate the ability to filter information from the tactical to the strategic domains for Commander's decision support. * The requirement to automate staff processes to optimise human machine teaming and minimise demands on staff and allow more time to address complexity to improve C2 effectiveness. * Discover the full capability of the Command Planning Tools incorporated in CMM. * Discover the ability to integrate CMM into MDI for the HQ and linkages with FNC3. * Discover the ability to integrate CMM with data sources and systems by API to dynamically sense and understand across all domains, utilise historical data sets with the ability to identify patterns, deviations or changes in environments specific to the Audience Centric Approach.

### Procurement Information

UK Strategic Command (UKStratCom), part of the Ministry of Defence, "The Authority" intends to award a 12-month contract to the total value of $2,215,770 (USD) Ex VAT to Research Innovations Inc. to provide a Collaborative Mission Manager (CMM) tool in order to trial a Partnered Network Environment with the United States Department of Defence (US DoD). It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii), Section 3 of Chapter 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for Technical reasons. Research Innovations Inc. CMM tool is currently the only solution on the market able to fulfil the Authority's interoperability requirements with US Department of Defence (DoD) systems in order to enable the collection, collation and sharing of operational data between the US DoD and the Authority.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011824-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 May 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Mar 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,215,770 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RESEARCH INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED (RII |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72266000 - Software consultancy services

## Release History

- 6 May 2022 at 11:09 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011824-2022
- 8 Mar 2022 at 22:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006386-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://www.contracts.mod.uk

## Provenance

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