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title: "702596452 - Alternative Navigation - Data Merging"
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# 702596452 - Alternative Navigation - Data Merging

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/702596452-alternative-navigation-data-merging-ocds-h6vhtk-031398). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "702596452 - Alternative Navigation - Data Merging". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,475,916. Lot information not published. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** £1,475,916 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 March 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Military research and technology, Research and development services and evaluation tests
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031398`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/702596452-alternative-navigation-data-merging-ocds-h6vhtk-031398#tl-md)

## Description
The aim of this procurement is to award two contracts within the budgetary envelope set out in the notice. The military relies heavily on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), but GNSS signals are vulnerable to interference. In addition, many environments in which our military operates (inside buildings, in urban canyons, under dense foliage, underwater, and underground) have limited or no GNSS signal availability. To solve this challenge, the Alt Nav programme seeks to provide GNSS-quality PNT to military users regardless of the operational environment. This involves the merging of data within the navigation system design to prolong the availability of the PNT solution from traditional and emerging sources. The Data Merging task is the subject of this competition.
The proposed contractor(s) shall attend project management meetings to discuss information inclusive of but not limited to progress on technology development, exploitation studies, lessons learnt, details of architecture. The proposed contractor(s) shall provide a technology demonstration proving maturation of data merging technology to a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6 (TRL descriptions can be seen in VI.3 additional information within this contract notice), followed by a technical report for contract completion. The project meetings, final report and demonstration will address the following themes:
Theme 1 - Preparing for near-term exploitation of Alt Nav technologies on existing MoD applications; defining and solving the engineering orientated problems of real-life examples of Data Merging and Theme 2 - Reporting lessons learned from the first task into MoD’s ongoing Data Fusion Research and Development activities. In the event that Data Source contractor(s) are not able to mature the Interface Control Documentation (ICD) on time – work with the Authority to select appropriate, industry standard ICDs and data fields e.g:
- Mil GPS - GPS ICD-153 (available from the UK GNSS PO)
- Open Signal GNSS - NMEA-0183
- Inertial Measurement Unit - STANAG 4572 Open System Architecture Interface to enable simulator laboratory testing of integrated INS/GPS equipment (e.g. using SPIRENT’s Sim INERTIAL simulation capability (or equivalent).
- Alt Nav Data Source - The ASPN interfaces from SET-309
- Illustrative Alt Nav Data source – based on STANAG 4278 Method of Expressing Navigation Accuracies and Draft STANAG 5645 GNSS Receiver Sensor Host ICD. 
- The MoD’s emerging Assured PNT characteristics Quantity or scope: The aim of this procurement is to award two contracts within the budgetary envelope set out in the notice. The military relies heavily on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), but GNSS signals are vulnerable to interference. In addition, many environments in which our military operates (inside buildings, in urban canyons, under dense foliage, underwater, and underground) h...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/702596452-alternative-navigation-data-merging-ocds-h6vhtk-031398)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003325-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-04T22:45:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T10:44:31.626Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-031398