The Provision of a Rapid Deployable Air Raid Warning System

The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) is to notify the market of an upcoming tender for the The Provision of a Rapid Deployable Air Raid Warning System.

Please note the following general conditions:

• This PMEN will help us to refine the requirement and conduct market research.
• We reserve the right not to proceed with this procurement. Nothing shall constitute a commitment to instigating a formal procurement process.
• Any and all costs associated with the production of such a response either to the PMEN or any resultant competition must be borne by the Supplier. The Authority will not contribute in any way to meeting production costs of any response.
• Information contained within this document is confidential and must not be revealed to any third party without prior written consent from us.
• No down-selection of Potential Providers will take place as a consequence of any responses or interactions relating to this PMEN.
• We expect that all responses to this PMEN will be provided by Potential Providers in good faith to the best of their ability in the light of information available at the time of their response.
• No information provided by a Potential Provider in response to this PMEN will be carried forward, used or acknowledged in any way for the purpose of evaluating the Potential Provider, in any subsequent formal procurement process that may take place.
• Should a Potential Provider fail to respond to this Supplier Questionnaire, it will not affect any further participation in any possible future procurement for this capability.

OUR AIMS – WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE

• Provide the Authority with an understanding of the depth of the market prior to tender.
• Have a higher chance of creating a competitive tendering environment and ensuring a higher level of response to the resultant procurement.
• Understand Industry’s viewpoints on significant risks and reducing the need for future amendments and associated costs.
• Determine the most appropriate tender evaluation criteria and terms and conditions.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

1. Where possible, are you able to provide a submission of a rough order of magnitude in regard to how much it would cost to fulfil this requirement in full, for 5 years.
2. Do any potential providers have the current capacity to deliver the capabilities? If a potential provider has a solution or is willing to develop a solution that fulfils the

requirement, please provide a summary of the solution.

3. Are there any major pit falls, issues or risks with the requirement?
4. What are the most applicable social value missions and outcomes that be achieved in fulfilment of the requirement? (Please see 2025-02-11 PPN 002 The social value model (2).docx
5. Are there any outcomes that provide tenderers the best opportunity to deliver greater benefit to social, economic and the environment missions and outcomes through the

performance of the potential contract than other outcomes listed in the above link?

POTENTIAL PROVIDER QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

• To ensure that all Potential Providers have equal access to information regarding this Procurement, responses to questions raised by Potential Providers will be published in a

questions and answers document, which will be available through the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) .

• Responses to questions will not identify the originator of the question. If a Potential Provider wishes to ask a question or seek clarification without the question and

answer being published in this way, then the Potential Provider must notify us and provide its justification for withholding the question and any response. If the Authority does not consider that there is sufficient justification for withholding the question and the corresponding response, the Potential Provider will be invited to decide whether:

o the question/clarification and the response should in fact be published; or

o It wishes to withdraw the question/clarification.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION AND RETURN

Answers should be limited to a maximum of one side of A4 per question, using Ariel Font, Size 11. Once completed please save as a PDF file and return to: [email protected]

Completed questionnaires should be returned by no later than 2nd June 2026. Along with your completed responses you are invited to provide any marketing material/information that would help the MOD understand more about your organization and the market you operate in. Please note that failure to respond to this Supplier Questionnaire will not affect any further participation in any possible future procurement for this capability.