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# TIKAL Stage 3

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tikal-stage-3-ocds-h6vhtk-02d71d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "TIKAL Stage 3". 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):** Development of software for military applications
- **Delivery Location:** UKD4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d71d`

## 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/tikal-stage-3-ocds-h6vhtk-02d71d#tl-md)

## Description
TIKAL Stage 3 is for the maintenance and further refinement and where appropriate additional research and development of the PYRAMID technical solution originally developed under the previous TIKAL Contracts by BAE Systems (BAES). It also includes Subject Matter Expert (SME) technical and engineering support for and to organisations deploying PYRAMID on their products.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The TIKAL Stage 3 Contract is a continuation of the Research and Development commenced by BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd under the preceding TIKAL Contracts (Stage 1, Stage 2A and Stage 2 Completion) due to the continuing requirement for maintenance, f...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** TIKAL Stage 3 (active)
  - Award id: `020398-2021-701575545-1`
  - Supplier(s): **BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-138677`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** TIKAL Stage 3 (active)

  - Signed Date: 17/08/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020732-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-23T21:45:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:44:09.044Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d71d