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# Force Protection Planning Tool

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/force-protection-planning-tool-ocds-h6vhtk-028d3d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "Force Protection Planning Tool". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Technical support services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £221,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028d3d`

## 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/force-protection-planning-tool-ocds-h6vhtk-028d3d#tl-md)

## Description
The UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a Three year contract to Cunning Running Software Limited for without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for the provision of Force Protection Planning Tool (FPPT) software licenses, support and maintenance. It is considered justified for technical reasons under regulation Article 32(2)b(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The supplier owns all Intellectual Property Rights to the FPPT system operation, maintenance and testing. Unauthorised changes to the data coding could result in an inaccurate threat and vulnerability assessment which would present an intolerable level of risk.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a Three year contract to Cunning Running Software Limited  without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for the provision of Force Protection Planning Tool (F...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001511-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Cunning Running Software Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-3171`
  - Value: £221,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001511-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £221,000
  - Signed Date: 04/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001511-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-26T09:32:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:42:06.277Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028d3d