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Type of document: Pre-information procedures
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2017/S 087-171040/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Ministry of Defence, Information Systems and Services, BATCIS Delivery Team
Abbey Wood
Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
United Kingdom
For the attention of: Rob Dalford
Phone: +44 3067985589
Email: ISSComrcl-BATCIS-Morpheus-Grp@mod.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3) Main activity:
Defence
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No
Section II: Object of the contract:
II.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
MORPHEUS Battlefield Management Application.
II.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
SERVICES
Service category: Air transport services of passengers and freight, except transport of mail
II.3) Information on framework agreement
II.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
The BMA is a suite of one or more software applications and services providing Geospatial Services, Operating Picture and Mission Planning for commanders at all levels. Users may be located in fixed or deployed headquarters, mobile platforms (vehicles) or dismounted (on the soldier). Computing platforms will vary from well performing PCs through laptops to tablets and smaller mobile devices. Network infrastructure will include high and low bandwidth (wired and wireless) bearers utilising HF, VHF and UHF bands. The BMA shall be developed to take full, but appropriate, advantage of the services provided by the Evolve to Open (EvO) Tactical Integration Framework (TIF) to optimise operation over the network and to make use of common core services. Additionally, the BMA will provide a subset of the common core services as part of the TIF for use by other client applications.
Additional Information regarding the requirement can be found under the Additional Information heading.
Lots: The contract is divided into lots: No
II.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
48620000
II.6) Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract
Scheduled date for start of award procedures: 31.5.2018
II.7) Additional information:
Geospatial Services. These services comprise Digital Mapping, Display and Analysis; and Route Planning and Route Following.
a. Digital Mapping. The processes of importing Foundation Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) into MORPHEUS (from where, in what formats etc.), of distributing and accessing it once within the system.
b. Display. The rendering and visual display of GEOINT includes the ways a user can manipulate their display (pan, tilt, zoom etc.) as well as the various units, projections and coordinate systems in which the GEOINT may be displayed.
c. Analysis. User-initiated analyses of the GEOINT, including terrain analysis, inter-visibility etc.
d. Route Planning. The facility to plan a route for travel. Can be both manual (setting a number of waypoints) and automatically proposed based on various criteria, including the outputs of terrain analysis. Also includes the ability to plan movements for Force Elements, taking into consideration the number/quantity and individual characteristics.
e. Route Following. The facility to follow a planned route, providing turn-by-turn feedback and alerts.
Operating Picture. This service provides the understanding of the operational environment in the context of a commander’s (or staff officer’s) mission (or task). It utilises all the other services to provide a Operating Picture (OP) to the User, relevant to their area of responsibility.
a. Inputs. The different sources (users, other systems etc.) that can submit objects to the Operating Picture. Includes the ability to attach information to objects and to define new object classes and associated parameters and symbols.
b. Engine (Picture Processing). The means by which the OP is validated, de-conflicted and synchronised between Force Elements and Users.
c. Manipulate. The use of the OP: to calculate further information (e.g. distance and bearing between two units/Force Elements/positions), to initiate other Services (e.g. initiate voice communications with a User by selecting them on the OP) and to change one’s view of the OP through the association and aggregation of different Force Elements.
d. Display. The ways a User can manipulate their display (pan, tilt, zoom etc.) as well as the various units, projections and coordinate systems in which the OP may be displayed.
e. Save and Archive. The saving, storage and retrieval of OP Information, both for after-action review and Operational Record Keeping.
Mission Planning and Execution. At the heart of any planning and execution process is the requirement to Plan, Review, Execute and Evaluate an operation or tactical activity, having taken into account past experience and archived information.
a. Plan. The UK Armed Forces has 3 formal procedures to assist a commander in decision-making: the Operational Estimate, the Tactical Estimate (TE), and the Combat Estimate (CE). The BMA needs to support development of the TE and the CE.
b. Refine. As a result of further analysis, mission rehearsals or a changing situation, there may be a requirement to review or refine the original plan before mission execution. There are usually 3 options; do nothing, make minor changes and produce further orders, or conduct a new planning process and produce new orders.
c. Execute. Mission Execution begins when orders have been disseminated and refined as necessary before the operation begins.
d. Evaluate. Evaluation considers the unfolding situation against that which was planned for and allows adjustments to be made in order to mitigate or exploit the identified change.
BMA as a TIF Service Consumer. The BMA shall consume appropriate services from the TIF; the BMA should take full advantage of the following interfaces:
a. Alarms and Alerts Interface (AAI),
b. Data Compression Interface (DCI),
c. Data Integrity Service Interface (DISI),
d. Directory Service Interface (DSI),
e. Friendly Force Reporting Service (FFRS),
f. Information Management Service Interface (IMSI),
g. Logging Service Interface (LSI),
h. Multimedia Management Service Interface (MMSI),
i. Network Feedback Interface (NFI),
j. Position/Location Interface (PLI),
k. Tactical Domain Name Service Interface (TDNSI),
l. Tactical Internet Service Interface (TISI),
m. Tactical Network Timing Interface (TNTI).
BMA as a TIF Service Provider. The BMA shall provide appropriate services as part of the TIF; the BMA should implement the following interfaces for use by other services and client applications:
a. Geographic Information Service Interface (GISI),
b. Symbology Service Interface (SSI),
c. ORBAT/TaskOrg Editor.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.2) Conditions for participation
III.2.1) Information about reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no.
VI.2) 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. 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 GO Reference: GO-201753-DCB-10129049.
VI.3) Information on general regulatory framework
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice: 03.05.2017

Post written by: Andrew Perry