Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-10-19
Buyer: MOD Abbey Wood
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 31120000

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Defence has a requirement for power generation, electrical power management systems, energy storage and electrical power distribution. This capability is anticipated to be delivered by the Land Concept and Assessment (LCA) Team through the Manoeuvre Power (MAN-P) Project.
The key output of the MAN-P project is to provide the electrical power supply demanded by manoeuvre Force Elements deployed in the Land Environment (LE). The project aims will seek to enable the functions of command through the provision of electrical power, improve the mobility of forces operating in the LE and deliver improvements that minimise the logistic footprint. These aims will be realised by creating a capability that:
The authority is presenting an open invitation to industry to participate in a Request For Information (RFI) exercise in relation to the outlined MAN-P requirement. The RFI consists of a simple survey to assist the authority in the understanding of industry capabilities and the future development of acquisition options, ultimately supporting the development of the future procurement strategy. Specifically, the information from industry is to assist the authority in understanding:
The RFI is purely an information gathering exercise in which participants are invited to complete a survey in full or partially, in line with a participant’s in-service products and capabilities. The survey will explore:
The Ministry of Defence has a requirement for power generation, electrical power management systems, energy storage and electrical power distribution. This capability is anticipated to be delivered by the Land Concept and Assessment (LCA) Team through the Manoeuvre Power (MAN-P) Project.
The key output of the MAN-P project is to provide the electrical power supply demanded by manoeuvre Force Elements deployed in the Land Environment (LE). The project aims will seek to enable the functions of command through the provision of electrical power, improve the mobility of forces operating in the LE and deliver improvements that minimise the logistic footprint. These aims will be realised by creating a capability that:
The authority is presenting an open invitation to industry to participate in a Request For Information (RFI) exercise in relation to the outlined MAN-P requirement. The RFI consists of a detailed survey to assist the authority in the understanding of industry capabilities and the future development of acquisition options, ultimately supporting the development of the future procurement strategy. Specifically, the information from industry is to assist the authority in understanding:
The RFI is purely an information gathering exercise in which participants are invited to complete a survey in full or partially, in line with a participant’s in-service products and capabilities. The survey will explore:
Questions contained within the survey will not indicate/note any requirements for the project and responses will be requested to show supporting evidence where necessary. Industry submissions should not expect to assign significant resource into the exercise and any responses should be based on solutions that are already in-production. This exercise is a request for information only, and engagement will not at any point be used to directly or indirectly enter a contract agreement for delivering MAN-P. The Survey responses will be evaluated in a non-competitive manner, purely as a data gathering exercise and to measure confidence that the capability can be delivered from industry.
It should be noted that information submitted by industry in response to this RFI will be shared with QinetiQ, who the LCA Team have tasked to assist in the development of the MAN-P requirements documents.
In order to register your interest to partake in the MAN-P RFI exercise, or ask questions regarding the survey, industry is requested to register through contacting Stephen.fairbanks101@mod.gov.uk. Responses to the RFI should be returned to this address no later than 12.00 Friday 6 November 2020.
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