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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

MOD Request For Information

GB-UKK11: DGM/1980 – Tactical Guided Munition Indirect
1. Contract Title
Title attributed to the request by the Contracting Authority: GB-UKK11: DGM/1980 – Tactical Guided Munition Indirect

2. Contracting Authority:
Ministry of Defence, Weapons, Defence General Munitions (DGM) Project Team
#4115, Fir 1C, Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom
Tel. +4430 67983143, Email: DESWpnsDGM-ComrclMultiuser@mod.uk, URL: www.contracts.mod.uk
Attn: DGM Commercial

3. Object of the Request for Information:
Contracting Authority’s file Reference number: DGM/1980
Weblink to where further documentation can be obtained:
Short description of requirement: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts. Subject to a possible future requirement:

The Authority has the potential future requirement for Tactical Guided Munition Indirect (TGMI), to supply an inductively set 2D Course Correcting Fuze suitable for 155mm High Explosive (HE) In-Direct Artillery ammunition and compatible with the British Army Howitzer, 155mm Self-propelled L131 (AS90). This exercise is purely for information only at this stage, the Authority reserves the right to not proceed with this requirement further.

The MOD currently supports the British Army with unguided Fuzing systems, compatible with the in-service 155mm ammunition suite.

The User requires an organic, guided, indirect 155mm ammunition capability which minimises the Circular Error of Probability (CEP) in order to engage targets with increased accuracy and reduced logistic burden, in support of multi-domain operations and a modernised Army, as an element of the Close Support Fires Programme (CSFP).
CPV codes :
35300000 – Weapons, ammunition and associated parts.

Time-limit: 06/11/2020 10:00 Information Requested: Various options are being considered. The Authority requests interested parties to identify:

i) Where items exist Military Off the Shelf (MOTS);
ii) Where items exist Off the Shelf (MOTS/COTS) but may require modification to meet the requirement; or
iii) Where the items do not exist, but the Contractor can develop and design the items.
Note: Minimum TRL7 (prototype demonstrated in an operational environment)
Testing and qualification of the items will be required.

This will be used to determine whether this requirement is available Off the Shelf (MOTS/COTS), whether the requirement needs development and if industry has the capacity to provide the requirement to the timescale needed (on Contract, qualified as Safe and Suitable for Service with an aim for first delivery in Financial Year 2027/2028 subject to the requirement being endorsed).

The Authority is governed by Regulatory compliance and therefore prior to the placement of a Contract, the Contractor would have to demonstrate to the Authority, the ability to comply with quality requirements and standards that would include, but not be limited to, the following legislation:

a. Def Stan 00-056, Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems
b. Def Stan 07-085, Design Standards for Weapons and Associated Systems.
c. Def Stan 00-035, Environmental Handbook for Defence Materiel.
d. STANAG 4369: Design Requirements for Inductive Setting of Large Calibre Projectile Fuzes AOP-4369 Edition A & AOP-22 Edition B
e. Any applicable STANAGs for weapon design and qualification of ammunition.

Any resulting procurement will be conducted competitively and that the information provided will be held in confidence.

Suppliers must self-register at: and submit their RFI responses here.