Official UK procurement notice
Project MORRIGHAN · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe aim of this tasking is to develop platform agnostic working prototypes for universal carriage of logistic and medical materiel and potentially in-extremis CASEVAC by heavy lift RAS.
We desire a platform agnostic universal carriage system to move variable payload combinations via both air and ground Remote & Autonomous Systems (RAS). We aim to: Draw on the knowledge and experience of industry to develop and optimise such a system; Inform its emerging doctrinal applications; and better understand the balance of both systemic and situational risk factors associated with its use.
There are various operational use cases for military application in the land, littoral and sea domains. In principle, we need to move logistic, equipment support and medical materiel in varying configurations around the battlespace. We want to achieve this by pre-loading a universal carriage system with whatever is required and then attach/detach this system to/from both air and ground vehicles to move it by the most suitable method. This carriage system could also be used to evacuate casualties in extremis.
CPV: Military research and technology · Research and development services and evaluation tests
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 11 Mar 2025, 14:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2025, 14:17 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008753- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISS Group Ltd | £75,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Aether Aerospace Ltd | £149,400 † | — | Awarded |
| Black Space Technology Limited | £74,400 † | — | Awarded |
| Skylift UAV Ltd | £150,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 008753-2025-1 · ISS Group Ltd
- Signed
- 15 Jan 2025
- Value
- £75,000
- Status
- active
Contract 008753-2025-2 · Aether Aerospace Ltd
- Signed
- 15 Jan 2025
- Value
- £149,400
- Status
- active
Contract 008753-2025-3 · Black Space Technology Limited
- Signed
- 15 Jan 2025
- Value
- £74,400
- Status
- active
Contract 008753-2025-4 · Skylift UAV Ltd
- Signed
- 15 Jan 2025
- Value
- £150,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15bids · 15 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- DE&SReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- Aether Aerospace LtdAwarded supplier
- Black Space Technology LimitedAwarded supplier
- ISS Group LtdAwarded supplier
- Skylift UAV LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.