Published Date: 17 November 2021
Tender Status: active
Tender Opening Date: 28 October 2021
Tender Closing Date: 29 November 2021
Award Date: n/a
Contract Start Date: n/a
Contract End Date: n/a
Contract is suitable for SMEs: Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs: No
Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) Contract Type: Products
The Authority has a requirement for industry to design/enhance, develop & manufacture the Next Generation Chemical Detection Chemical Sense capability for airborne hazards, (including vapour and aerosol) & deposited hazards (including liquids and solids) known as 'Project BOSKER'.
This procurement is exempt from the Defence & Security Public Contract Regulations on Grounds of National Security & is 'Secret 5 Eyes Only'. Only Suppliers from within UK, US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand may apply. However this does not stop companies with foreign ownership from applying if they have a UK registered business or subsidiary.
Suppliers should have the ability & technology to meet the following high-level user needs:
- Timely indication of toxic chemicals airborne in vapour & aerosol physical states, & then alert personnel to chemical threats within local areas.
- Develop person worn capability for Hazard Warning (HW) & Residual Hazard Warning (RHW) for military personnel and potentially through modularisation of the person worn capability provide a hand-held capability to provide Hazard Location (HL) & Contamination of Assessment to military personnel.
- Develop a base sense capability for HW & RHW to military personnel.
- Provide chemical threat presumptive identification & the amount of hazard present allowing this data to report the event to Commaders. This information will support integrated warning, increase situational awareness, and improve battlefield management.
- Obtain both a high level of chemical sensitivity & minimise the potential for false alarms (both false positive & false negative) to provide the user with confidence.
- Deliver an integrated aerosol & vapour sense capability.
- Both equipments are required to be network enabled.
Suppliers need to hold, or be willing to obtain, List X status prior to contract award.
The contract period is expected to be 5 yrs +1 +1 +1 +1 option yrs & include:
a. Demonstration Phase to develop a prototype to be approved by the Authority, in conjunction with DSTL testing that meets the requirement prior to Y1 of the contract.
b. Manufacture, supply, & delivery of specified chemical sensing equipment expected during Y2, Y3 & maybe Y4 of the contract.
c. Repair & Spares support covering procurement of the full systems, part piece spares & component level spares.
d. Technical support including updates to tech documentation, responding to technical queries from the users via DE&S Operations Manager.
e. Provision of training equipment/training packages.
Please refer to the additional text section for more information.
Contact name: n/a
Address: CBRN, Yew 3a, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
England
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Email: [email protected]
Price Range: £94,000,000
