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title: "Trials Support to Environmental Assessment of Countermeasures Bay"
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# Trials Support to Environmental Assessment of Countermeasures Bay

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b27d

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## Summary

The Lightning Delivery Team (LDT), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, awarded a contract to Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Ltd (CAeS) for trials support and data assessment in the field of security and defence materials research and development. The contract titled "Trials Support to Environmental Assessment of Countermeasures Bay" was awarded through a limited procurement method using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract is valued at £500,000 and was signed on 10th January 2023. The project's buying organization is the Ministry of Defence, based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The procurement stage is "award", and key dates include the award date on 14th March 2023.

This contract, focusing on trials support and data assessment, provides business opportunities for SMEs well-versed in security and defence materials research and development services. Companies with expertise in conducting environmental assessments within the defence sector would be suited to compete. The contracting authority is seeking to enhance their technical knowledge through trials conducted by CAeS, which will lead to an updated assessment of environmental conditions. The negotiated procedure allowed for the selection of CAeS based on their unique expertise and previous successful collaboration with the Authority, ensuring accurate data recording and safe deployment of instrumented rounds on aircraft.

## Notice

Trials support and data assessment

### Procurement Information

The Lightning Delivery Team (LDT), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Ltd (CAeS) to provide support to trials and update an assessment of the environmental conditions within the countermeasures bay. This will be conducted with representative instrumented rounds to produce a report on the environmental conditions. It is considered that this requirement can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16 (1) (c) and 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011. This is an applied research contract where the Authority is conducting a trial to gain technical knowledge of the environmental conditions within the countermeasures bay. On the basis of technical grounds only CAeS have the expertise and requisite knowledge of the instrumented rounds to be used by the Authority having designed, manufactured, certified and maintained these instruments. The instrumented rounds need to be maintained to specific standards to ensure accurate data is recorded. As the OEM CAeS can provide the Authority with the assurance that the items will be safe to fly within the aircraft. Therefore, CAeS are the only economic operator who can ensure the instrumented rounds are calibrated correctly and can be released onto an aircraft thus meeting the Athuroity's requirement. These trials are a continuation of trials previously conducted by CAeS. The Authority requires additional data to ensure that the report produced provides sufficient information to give the Authority confidence in its understanding of the environmental conditions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018282-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Jun 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £900,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, TLK11 Bristol, City of |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CRANFIELD AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials

## Release History

- 27 Jun 2023 at 14:47 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018282-2023
- 14 Mar 2023 at 08:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007317-2023

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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