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Published 17 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

AWE Urban: Sustain and Protect F03 CAN

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£1framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 14 Feb 2022awarded 14 Jun 2022
Framework period Ends 31 Mar 2023extension options published

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Army Warfighting Experiment Urban Series 2022-2024 is a Capability Investigation within a threat based tactical scenario.

It will employ live, virtual, and constructive methods to produce evidence which: de-risks major equipment programmes; enhances relationships with industry, partners, and allies; and accelerates Army modernisation and transformation.

This CAN relates to the first iteration of the AWE Urban Series – Sustain and Protect.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
66 bids received · 27 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AWE Sustain and Protect focuses on the following hypotheses, which are refined into…Awarded

AWE Sustain and Protect focuses on the following hypotheses, which are refined into detailed experimental activity. All activity must link to one of the following hypotheses:

Sustainment 1. If Urban CSS elements have the means to autonomously forecast consumption rates, then stores can be disseminated before they become needed to increase mass.

Sustainment 2. If Urban Equipment Support Specialists have the means to autonomously predict component failure, then parts can be replaced before a failure occurs to increase mass.

Sustainment 3. If Urban Medical Specialists have the ability to autonomously identify, and treat or extract, casualties before their combat effectiveness is adversely affected then operational output can be maintained to ensure tempo and mass.

Sustainment 4. If Urban Equipment Support Specialists have the ability to identify and autonomously recover stricken equipment then they can remain protected to increase mass.

Sustainment 5. If Urban FEs have the organic means to generate, store, manage and distribute electrical power then they will be able to sustain their own electrical power requirements to increase tempo and mass.

Protection 1. If Urban Commanders have the ability to create physical obstacles then they will be able to control Freedom of Movement in the Urban environment to increase tempo and mass.

Protection 2. If Urban FE have the ability to autonomously or remotely breach urban barriers, rapidly and repeatedly, then they can increase freedom of movement and protection to increase tempo and mass.

Protection 3. If Urban FEs have the ability to conceal their own physical and non-physical (EMS and Cyber) signatures, then they will improve their survivability to increase mass.

Protection 4. If urban FE have the ability to accurately map the urban environment, including sub-terranean zones, then they will improve IPE and increase situational understanding to increase tempo.

Protection 5. If Urban FEs have autonomous means to FIND emplaced threats, then they will have increased freedom of movement to increase tempo.

Personnel 1. If personnel have their performance optimised (cognitive, physical, psychological and social) then they will be capable of performing at a higher standard to increase operational advantage.

Personnel 2. If Urban Commanders have better intelligence regarding the physical and mental capacity of their work force, then they will be more able to resource missions and tasks to increase operational advantage.

Contract period: … – 31 Mar 2023
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The Authority reserves the right to extend the duration of the Contract by utilising the following Options: 1) OPTION 1 to extend the Contract until 31st March 2024 2) OPTION 2 to extend the Contract until 31st March 2025 The Authority will be under no obligation to take up the Options and the Contractors will be notified of the Authority’s decision on any extension before thirty calendar (30) days of Contract completion. If no notification of this Option is provided to Contractors prior to thirty calendar days before Contract completion, Contract will terminate on the original expiry date (31st March 23). The Contractor will not need to submit White Papers, Quad Charts nor attend product pitches for future AWE Urban events if the Authority decides to take up the Option(s). For the avoidance of doubt, this term only applies to products that have been experimented with at AWE Urban: Sustain and Protect.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Technical: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 100
  • Price: Technical = 100%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Not Applicable

What this means for your bid
  • “AWE Urban: Sustain and Protect F03 CAN” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
27 Oct 2022, 18:01 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Feb 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030422
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030344 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
Appointment period ends
14 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Feb 2022, 12:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html ↗

Timeline

14 Feb 2022 → 27 Oct 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    14 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    14 Feb 2022, 12:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    27 Oct 2022, 18:01 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Oct 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Oct 2022, 18:01 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    27 Oct 2022, 18:01 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextII.2.4)The Requirement. AWE Sustain and Protect will focus on the following hypotheses, which will be further refined in due course into detailed experimental activity. Applications must link to one of the following hypotheses: Sustainment 1. If Urban CSS elements have the means to autonomously forecast consumption rates, then stores can be disseminated before they become needed to increase mass. Sustain…The Requirement. AWE Sustain and Protect will focus on the following hypotheses, which will be further refined in due course into detailed experimental activity. Applications must link to one of the following hypotheses: Sustainment 1. If Urban CSS elements have the means to autonomously forecast consumption rates, then stores can be disseminated before they become needed to increase mass. Sustain…

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 27admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 66
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Jun 2022

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • AWE Urban: Sustain and Protect

    Signed
    14 Jun 2022
    Value
    £1
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2023
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
66bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Bristol, UKContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Defence Equipment and Support, Future Capability GroupReview body Bristol

Framework contractors & participating bidders

27 commercial parties on the notice
Show 17 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria