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title: "Nexus Work Package 4 (WP4): Operate and Grow the Integrated Air Command and Control (IAC2) Battlelab"
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# Nexus Work Package 4 (WP4): Operate and Grow the Integrated Air Command and Control (IAC2) Battlelab

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nexus-work-package-4-wp4-operate-and-grow-the-integrated-air-command-and-control-iac2-batt-ocds-h6vhtk-047072). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ROYAL AIR FORCE: "Nexus Work Package 4 (WP4): Operate and Grow the Integrated Air Command and Control (IAC2) Battlelab". Published status: active. Published Value: £7,720,266. Lot information not published. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jul 2024, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.contracts.mod.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ROYAL AIR FORCE](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-air-force-GB-FTS-116296)
- **Published Value:** £7,720,266 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 July 2024 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services, Development of software for military applications, Military defence services, Military research and technology
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047072`

## 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/nexus-work-package-4-wp4-operate-and-grow-the-integrated-air-command-and-control-iac2-batt-ocds-h6vhtk-047072#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contracts.mod.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.contracts.mod.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nexus-work-package-4-wp4-operate-and-grow-the-integrated-air-command-and-control-iac2-batt-ocds-h6vhtk-047072#participate

## Description
Nexus Work Package 4 (WP4): Operate and Grow the Integrated Air Command and Control (IAC2) Battlelab
Using the existing experimental network as a hosting environment for development and experimental activities. This work package will see the expansion of this experimental/exercise network to areas of user need in support of Battlelab activity. This work package will also include support to IAC2 Battlelab co-ordinated exercises.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018616-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-17T13:00:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T22:06:03.161Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047072