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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Provision of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Technical Support for Frequency Clearance Agreement (FCA)

Security & DefenceCPV 35000000
Value£355k
Awarded3 Jan 2020
Published11 Jan 2021
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£355ktotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Security, Defence & Safety Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Situational Awareness Command and Control Team (SACC DT) must maintain the Frequency Clearance Agreement (FCA) Safety Management System with the Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow continued use of Link 16 on a tolerable interference basis, JDLMO being the UK MOD principal stakeholder of this document.

As part of the MOU with the CAA there is need to ensure that TDL Link 16 transmissions DO NOT interfere with UK NAV AID beacons.

The CAA maintains dedicated, prioritised resource to address these requests on behalf of UK MOD.

In addition, there is a general evolution of the radio frequency environment, which include potential changes to the operation of the Link 16 system, introduction of new DME equipment and introduction of a new global L-band aviation data communication system all of which will require extensive studies and tests to ensure that continued coexistence of Link 16 equipment and aeronautical CNS systems is not compromised.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Situational Awareness Command and Control Team

The Situational Awareness Command and Control Team (SACC DT) must maintain the Frequency Clearance Agreement (FCA) Safety Management System with the Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow continued use of Link 16 on a tolerable interference basis, JDLMO being the UK MOD principal stakeholder of this document.

02

As part of the MOU with

As part of the MOU with the CAA there is need to ensure that TDL Link 16 transmissions DO NOT interfere with UK NAV AID beacons.

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OCID
75656cbc-8889-4659-a2f5-4ff66c7f29b5
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
SACC/00073
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