Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-06
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
Submission deadline: 2020-01-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DE&S, on behalf of the MoD, are looking to procure a Man Overboard (MOB) search and detection system that can be integrated with a Government Furnished Asset (GFX) unmanned air system (UAS) and autonomous flight control system to enable trials of the MINERVA Capability Concept Demonstrator (CCD). The MOB search and detection system will be procured under tender 700031346.
Provision of a Man Overboard (MOB) search and detection system that can be integrated with a Government Furnished Asset (GFX) unmanned air system (UAS) and autonomous flight control system to enable trials of the MINERVA Capability Concept Demonstrator (CCD).
Please note that bidders are required to complete the supplier assessment questionnaire (SAQ) via Defence Contracts Online as well as submitting a proposal in response to the ITT (found under Supporting documents in the SAQ).
Please note that bidders are required to complete the supplier assessment questionnaire (SAQ) via Defence Contracts Online as well as submitting a proposal in response to the ITT (found under supporting documents in the SAQ).
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
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