Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2017-01-27
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes — Artillery Systems Programme
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35720000: Intelligence and surveillance systems
Submission deadline: 2017-02-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The D-JFI solution will enable the User to detect, track, recognise, identify, mark and designate targets by day and night, along with generating target information up to and including Category 1 accuracy, for the delivery of Joint precision and non-precision effects against Line of Sight (LOS) and Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) targets.
This target information will be communicated across the battlefield by tactical voice and data communications (initially using Bowman communication systems, Ground to Air communications systems, transitioning later to Morpheus) to the appropriate effector systems across the Joint Fires spectrum.
The systems must maximise the use of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) equipment; be man-portable; have integrated system level mensuration software; improved power management and Human Factors Integration; an all-weather capability; and a reduced size / weight over the current capability.
The Authority intends to award the Contract for the D-JFI capability to a Prime Integrator who will supply and integrate all elements of the solution to provide the end product.
Assessment phase tests as defined in the ITN documentation will be used to provide quantitative evidence against certain compliance statements made within submitted tenders.
Due to the nature of this project it is not assessed as suitable in its entirety for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), however opportunities may exist at the sub-contracting level, and the Authority will publish in the Defence Contracts Online a Contract Bidders Notice listing the details of those companies being issued an ITN.
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