Official UK procurement notice
Advanced Mission Planning Aid
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Advanced Mission Planning Aid (AMPA) is a ground based Mission Planning System (MPS) providing computerised support to Typhoon, Hercules, Storm Shadow, Hawk TMk1 and Hawk TMk2 aircrew and operational analysts for mission planning, rehearsal and debriefing. As a system affecting air safety, it is required to comply with the relevant Military Aviation Authority (MAA) Regulatory Articles (RA).. The Contract will see a gradual de-scoping of the requirement as platforms are made out of service.
CPV: Aviation ground support software development services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1(nature and quantity of works, supplies or services or indication of needs and…
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The Contract provides support to the Advanced Mission Planning Aid is a ground-based computer system used by Typhoon, Hawk TMk1 and TMk2 aircrew, and Storm Shadow analysts to plan, rehearse and debrief missions. It's a planning system used pre-mission to calculate optimum routes, performance data (e.g. fuel burn), weapon release points, parachute drop points and post-mission to debrief/analyse the flown sortie. The Contract will see a gradual de-scoping of the requirement as platforms are made out of service.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Technical: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Technical: 100
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Apr 2025, 13:56 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Apr 2025, 13:56 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017048- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0507aeFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The C2 Targeting Navigations and Communications Team (C2TNC DT), part of the Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), intends to enter into a one-year option contract extension with DXC for the Advanced Mission Planning Aid (AMPA) (“the Contract”). The AMPA In-Service Support (ISS) contract provides Design Organisation support and Post Design Services for the 3 variants which because of their commonality realises an economy of scale benefit.
Due to mission data generated by AMPA being referenced when airborne, the system is deemed to impact air safety and the supplier, DXC Technology, is required to be accredited by the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) as a Design Organisation (DO). It is not believed that any other MoD MPS provider currently holds this certification.
The original AMPA ISS included 2+1-year support for Hawk TMk1 and Typhoon so providing cover until 31 Mar 2025, but the delays and continuing uncertainty require this is extended to 2+2 years which will align with the end of the current contract which is 31 March 2026. A change of supplier is not practical as it would introduce significant technical and assurance issues for a mission critical capability affecting air safety without offering any performance, time, cost, or operational benefit.
The Authority has determined that this is Single source contract is excluded from DSPCR under Regulation 6(3A) (b) of the DSPR 2011.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DXC TechnologySubcontracting: declared | £668,016 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Advanced Mission Planning Aid · DXC Technology
- Signed
- 25 Apr 2025
- Value
- £668,016
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ministry Of Defence, C2 Targeting Navigations and Communications Team (C2TNC DT)Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DXC TechnologyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.