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E7 Mission Crew Trainer Sustainment

Training and simulation in military electronic systems
Scotland (UKM5)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "E7 Mission Crew Trainer Sustainment". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 249 active published awards; 99 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published1 May 2025, 10:57 BST
Last source update1 May 2025, 10:57 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationTraining and simulation in military electronic systems
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM5)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04c0a7
What is being bought
Contract to provide sustainment services for the E7 Mission Crew Trainer.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    1 May 2025, 10:57 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    28 Nov 2024, 09:45 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Nov 2024, 09:45 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    28 Nov 2024, 09:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Contractor shall be required to provide sustainment services for the E7 Mission Crew Trainer.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    1 May 2025, 10:57 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 9 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £4,547,355
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
PLEXSYS INTERFACE PRODUCTS UK LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
E7 Mission Crew Trainer Sustainment
£4,547,355 · signed 9 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-FTS-5483
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe E7 Acquisition Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded a 3-year contract to Plexsys Interface Products UK Ltd for the maintenance of the current Mission Crew Trainer software and hardware located in RAF Lossiemouth. This contract has been awarded with an additional 3 option years. It is considered that this contract has been placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is because Plexsys Interface Products UK Ltd are the only company to have access to the Mission Crew Trainer source code/data and other necessary technical information to enable it to meet the RAF’s synthetic training needs and provide the maintenance required throughout the contracting period. To be successful in maintaining the functionality of the equipment, the supplier must have suitable experience and detailed knowledge of the system including both hardware and software which is only available within Plexsys. It is critical that the Mission Crew Trainer device remains fully operational and contracting with another contractor would pose a high risk to its critical functionality, thereby jeopardising the training of rear crew. For these reasons, Plexsys Interface Products UK Ltd is the only supplier able to meet the requirement