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Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Soldier Training and Special Programmes

Provision of Joint Fires Synthetic Trainer (JFST)

Security & DefenceCPV 35000000 72000000 72300000 72310000 80000000 80600000
Value£41.2m
Awarded4 Oct 2018
Published30 Jul 2019
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£41.2mtotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£44.4m

This is a large award for Security, Defence & Safety Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Battle simulators.

The Army Headquarters Single Statement of User Need (SSUN) which Joint Fires Synthetic Trainer (JFST) will deliver against is: 'The user requires an intuitive, accessible and immersive training capability to assist in the delivery of Joint Fires training for contemporary operations at Individual and Collective levels, in both the mounted and dismounted roles.' A summary of the JFST requirement can be found in document "20171106-JFST-DPQQ-Industry Brief-O" as an attached Supporting Document to the DPQQ.

It is anticipated that the initial contract duration shall run for 5 years from April 2019 until end of March 2024.

Also, that the Authority shall have irrevocable options to extend the contract up to a further 6 years until end of March 2030.

In issuing this Contract Notice and engaging with the Market, the Authority is not committing to carrying out any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this Notice.

If third parties are interested in engaging with the Authority in relation to the requirements stated here they must do so without sharing information that is protected by copyright or patents.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

It is anticipated that the initial contract

It is anticipated that the initial contract duration shall run for 5 years from April 2019 until end of March 2024.

02

Also, that the Authority shall have irrevocable

Also, that the Authority shall have irrevocable options to extend the contract up to a further 6 years until end of March 2030.

03

If third parties are interested in engaging

If third parties are interested in engaging with the Authority in relation to the requirements stated here they must do so without sharing information that is protected by copyright or patents.

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