Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-02-23
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Air Support, C17 Command Support and Airborne Equipment Project Team (CSAE PT)
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 48610000: Database systems
Estimated value: 200000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Authority has a potential requirement for delivery and upkeep of an assured and fit for purpose Performance Based Navigation (PBN) navigation database. The PBN database information should be able to be loaded, without corruption, into the aircraft navigation system to support global worldwide operations for the UK C17 fleet.
The Authority is interested in understanding what products are available in the marketplace to meet the following requirement:
UK requires an assured, fit for purpose, navigation database to enable UK C-17 Aircraft to conduct PBN globally.
The database shall support all published PBN procedures, including arrival, approach and departure phases for all major international airports.
The database should provide coverage of all airfields with a published RNAV procedure and a runway longer than 5 000.
The database shall be manufactured by a provider compliant with minimum safety standards for the production of digital Aeronautical Information.
The provider should be certified to meet the requirements of EASA or FAA Level 1 Letter of Authority.
The provider shall fulfil authority requests for airfield procedures not covered within their data set to be included in the product.
The database shall be updated in accordance with the 28 day Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control AIRAC cycle.
It must be noted that no funding has been approved for this work and no formal procurement process has been launched. Any resulting procurement will be conducted competitively and that the information provided will be held in confidence.
1. Technical information from suppliers which may be used to understand the capabilities that exist in the marketplace.
Any resulting procurement will be conducted competitively and the information provided in response to this PIN will be held in confidence by the Authority and used for planning purposes only.
The dates contained within this PIN are indicative only and subject to change at advertisement/PQQ stage.
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