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Published 31 Oct 2022, 10:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Applications are invited for the assessment of C-UAS (Counter-Drone) SAPIENT C2 Systems by the UK MoD RIC

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 28 Nov 2022from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The misuse of small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) represents a significant and growing risk to operations and day-to-day Defence activity both in the UK and overseas.

The Rapid Innovation Cell (RIC), endorsed by the Military Capability Board, has been established as part of the UAS Capability Development Centre (UASCDC) to test and evaluate (T&E) mature C-sUAS capabilities and generate a managed Defence database of available capabilities. Through a regular programme of T&E events, the RIC will establish the efficacy of commercially available capabilities. It will also increase broader awareness of the C-sUAS market and support a more agile method of delivering capability to the front line.

To prevent capability gaps and ensure interoperability, it is intended that Defence C-sUAS systems will use the ‘SAPIENT’ open architecture. This will also ensure that our systems can evolve at the component level enabling the spiral development of capability.

CPV: Electronic warfare systems and counter measures · Test and evaluation of military electronic systems · Unmanned aerial vehicles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1RIC Test Cycle #5Planned

RIC Test Cycle #5

The RIC has established a series of Test Cycles. Each Test Cycle will focus on a particular subset of C-UAS systems.

Suppliers of mature C-UAS SAPIENT C2 products are invited to apply to have their product’s performance assessed by the RIC. To apply you must complete an online questionnaire for your product. The product questionnaire will be available from 11:00am Monday 31st October, 2022, and responses must be fully completed and submitted by 11:00am Monday 28th November, 2022. Please complete a separate product questionnaire for each product that you wish to put forward for assessment.

Test Cycle #5, will focus on mature C-UAS products that conform to the following scope:

  1. The product must be a CUAS Command and Control (C2) system consisting of software running on computer hardware with a graphical user interface.
  2. The product must have valid SAPIENT interfaces such that it can successfully connect to multiple SAPIENT ASMs (Sensors and Effectors) simultaneously.
  3. The minimum requirement is to be able to receive & display SAPIENT data from two different sensors and send valid SAPIENT tasks to one effector.

Your response to the product questionnaire will be carefully evaluated. Your product will be eligible for the next phase of testing if it meets our maturity requirements and is clearly within the scope described above. A full set of guidance and testing criteria are provided on the UK C-sUAS Defence Portal.

The RIC maintains a register of potential C-UAS suppliers. All potential suppliers registered with the RIC will receive access to the UK C-UAS Defence Portal. The online product questionnaire will be hosted on the UK C-UAS Defence Portal and is the only way to apply for testing with the RIC.

Please use the following web address to register with the RIC: uascdc.com/industry/open-suppli… ↗

{Contact e-mail for enquiries: [email protected], Tel: +44 (0)1684 895836} Additional information: This PIN does not constitute the start of any procurement activity or resultant contract - it is for information only, to advise industry on the next stage of the trials programme and where further information can be sought. A questionnaire is completed at your own risk and, if successful, does not automatically enter you into the next phase. The Test Programme is subject to change.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
31 Oct 2022, 10:56 GMT
Last source update
31 Oct 2022, 10:56 GMT
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030631
Classification (CPV)
Electronic warfare systems and counter measuresTest and evaluation of military electronic systemsUnmanned aerial vehicles
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037d90 Find a Tender

Publisher note: N/A

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

31 Oct 2022 → 28 Nov 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    31 Oct 2022, 10:56 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    28 Nov 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Bristol, UKContact email

Official documents & specifications

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