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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

UK-Bristol: Telecommunications equipment.

Section I: Contracting authority/entity (as stated in the original notice)

I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Platform Systems Project Team (APS PT)
MOD Abbey Wood, #1032, Walnut 0C, Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom
Email: DESAPS-CM1a@mod.uk
Main Address:
NUTS Code: UKK11

Section II: Object (as stated in the original notice)

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: Mission Control Centre (MCC) Reference number: Not Provided
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
32522000 – Telecommunications equipment.

II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short Description: elecommunications equipment. Air-sea rescue services. Defence Equipment and Support is seeking expressions of interest for a possible future Contract for the replacement and ongoing support of the UK Mission Control Centre (MCC). It is intended that this shall be provisioned through a Prime Contractor and utilise a COTS solution where possible.

Section VI: Complementary information

V1.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 16/09/2016

VI.6) Original notice reference:

Notice Reference: 2014 – 435722
Notice number in OJ S: Not Provided
Date of dispatch of the original notice: 19/11/2014

Section VII: Changes

VII.1) Information to be changed or added

VII.1.1) Reason for change: Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority

VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 1

Section Number: II.1.4
Lot No: Not provided
Place of text to be modified: II.1.4
Instead of: II.1.4 telecommunications equipment. Air-sea rescue services. Defence Equipment and Support is seeking expressions of interest for a possible future Contract for the replacement and ongoing support of the UK Mission Control Centre (MCC). It is intended that this shall be provisioned through a Prime Contractor and utilise a COTS solution where possible.
Read: II.1.4 The MCC requirement will no longer be managed by MoD transferring to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). The MoD requirement has been cancelled.

The Contract notice was posted 19th December 2014 at the following link:

VII.2) Other additional information: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk