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# UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement (Sonar Modelling Handbook)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk2-preliminary-market-engagement-sonar-modelling-handbook-ocds-h6vhtk-0508e0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: "UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement (Sonar Modelling Handbook)". Published status: withdrawn. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defence Science and Technology Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory-gov-ea42)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marine services, Sonars
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk2-preliminary-market-engagement-sonar-modelling-handbook-ocds-h6vhtk-0508e0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0508e0`

## 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/uk2-preliminary-market-engagement-sonar-modelling-handbook-ocds-h6vhtk-0508e0#tl-md)

## Description
The Sonar Modelling Handbook (SMH) has been the standard reference for modelling, data and metrics across the UK defence underwater acoustic enterprise for multiple decades, supporting work within the MoD, industry and academia. It provides visibility to UK industry and academia of what the MoD considers the best information available and supports consistency in performance modelling across the UK enterprise. 
As Dstl embarks on a significant refresh of the SMH material and presentation for the digital era, including incorporation of the latest theory and data, and commissioning specific research, it is seeking to engage industry and academia across the UK to provide input as to the way ahead at a Preliminary Market Engagement Event (PMEE). This will include new mechanisms for refreshed limitations on dissemination.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** withdrawn
- **CPV codes:** 38113000, 98360000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2025 to 31/03/2032

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 12/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020849-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-13T12:49:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:56:50.597Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0508e0