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title: "The Supply of the Falcon Training Service (WANT)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044c95"
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# The Supply of the Falcon Training Service (WANT)

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044c95

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract for "The Supply of the Falcon Training Service (WANT)" to BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. This contract falls under the services category within the industry classification of training and simulation in military electronic systems. The procurement method used was a limited negotiation without publication of a contract notice. The procurement process started with a tender and has now been successfully awarded. The contract is currently active, signed on 25th March 2024, with a total value of 4,950,000 GBP. The delivery location is at HQ Defence School of CIS in Blandford Camp, Dorset, UK, with the buying organisation being the Ministry of Defence.

This contract for the Falcon Training Service presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in providing staff training services, training programme services, and technical training services to compete. The unique nature of this opportunity, focusing on military electronic systems training, requires expertise in complex systems like the Falcon SST system. Businesses with the technical capabilities, equipment, and expertise to support and upgrade such systems immediately post-award would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Timely delivery and high service standards are critical, considering the impact any delay could have on the Ministry of Defence's operational outputs and relationship with allies.

## Notice

The Supply of the Falcon Training Service (Wide Area Network Training - WANT)

### Lot Information

Lot 1

WANT is essential in providing and maintaining both the Royal SIGNALS (Army) and RAF with trained personnel to deploy the Falcon communications network. The Falcon network provides backbone communications across Defence on operations. WANT requires Contractor (White Fleet) provided support to deliver the required trained capability for both Air and Land Forces. The Military (Green Fleet) alone cannot support the throughput of students in the time required. Green Fleet equipment is limited in its availability and in the number of students that can be trained simultaneously, unlike the White Fleet Training Equipment that replicates the Green Fleet equipment system elements through emulation on a classroom networked personal computer. The current training solution also provides a separate capability in a classroom to support Crypto training. The Falcon syllabus and courseware for WANT is owned by the MoD.

### Procurement Information

It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contact notice pursuant Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is because only BAE has the necessary equipment and technical expertise, knowledge and skill in the complex Falcon SST system to support and upgrade the system immediately from contract award to the standard required by the Authority. Any delay to, and/or reduction in, service standard represents a significant risk for delivery. FALCON as a capability is currently deployed on numerous operations and failure to deliver sufficient trained personnel would have significant impact to UK MOD's ability to meet its operational outputs, would have a detrimental effect on the maintenance of the capability and UK MOD's relationship with its allies.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009685-2024 |
| 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 | 25 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £4,950,000 |

## 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 | HIGH WYCOMBE |
| Post town | Hemel Hempstead |
| Postcode | HP14 4UE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ13 Buckinghamshire |
| Local authority | Buckinghamshire |
| Electoral ward | Ridgeway West |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Buckinghamshire |
| Delivery location | TLK25 Dorset |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BAE SYSTEMS DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80511000 - Staff training services
- 80521000 - Training programme services
- 80531200 - Technical training services
- 80660000 - Training and simulation in military electronic systems

## Release History

- 25 Mar 2024 at 15:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009685-2024

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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