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Support to Mission Planning Environment (MPE) Trials

Software support services
South West (UKK11)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Lightning Delivery Team: "Support to Mission Planning Environment (MPE) Trials". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityLightning Delivery TeamScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Lightning Delivery Team
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Published history for Lightning Delivery Team. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 3 active published awards; 2 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityLightning Delivery Team
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
Published12 Sept 2023, 15:12 BST
Last source update12 Sept 2023, 15:12 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSoftware support services
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03fc1e
What is being bought
Software trials and integration support
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Sept 2023, 15:12 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    12 Sept 2023, 15:12 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    12 Sept 2023, 15:12 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Software trials and integration support
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    12 Sept 2023, 15:12 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 7 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST · £2,545,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd – Air
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Support to Mission Planning Environment (MPE) Trials
£2,545,000 · signed 7 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Lightning Delivery Team

Contracting authority GB-FTS-77429
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  • Lightning Delivery Team
    buyer
    reviewBody

    MOD Abbey Wood, NH1, Yew 1c, #1027, Bristol, UKK11, BS34 8JH
    DESLIGHTNING-Commercial@mod.gov.uk

  • BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd – Air
    supplier

    BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd – Air – US Programmes, S608, Samlesbury, Lancashire, BB2 7LF, Samlesbury, UKD4, BB2 7LF
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Lightning Delivery Team (LDT), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to BAE Systems (Operations) Limited (‘BAES’) to provide support to Mission Planning Environment (MPE) software integration. This will involve the running of software trials and developing reports to provide the Authority with evidence to support its safety assurance on the MPE software developed under the Lightning Programme. This evidence then forms the basis of the Authority’s safety case approvals. It is considered that this requirement can be 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. The Lightning Programme Prime Contractor, Lockheed Martin, will only share in-depth software details with BAES due to their position within the Programme. BAES possesses accreditation from LM and the US Government which enables them to access the software in accordance with security requirements. To conduct the level of safety assurance the Authority requires an independent organisation needs to have in-depth access to the software. No independent contractor other BAES would have such access. Significant additional risk would be carried in the operation of the Lightning without the level of assurance in the software that is provided by BAES. BAES have a representative test environment in which this software can be integrated with Lightning hardware and software to provide further assurance on the new MPE software.