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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-017415/EN)
Nature of contract:
Procedure: Not applicable

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
United Kingdom
Contact points(s): Mr Douglas Kershaw
For the attention of: Kershaw Doug
Email: douglas.kershaw102@mod.gov.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
Address of the buyer profile:
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
OTHER: Space Delivery Team, Defence Equipment and Support
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:
BEROE Mission Control Systme
II.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
SUPPLIES
Service category: Building-cleaning services and property management services
II.3) Information on framework agreement
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement:YES
II.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
BEROE is a ground segment software solution enabling flight operators to conduct satellite tasking, monitoring and control of UK MoD space assets.
A one-year project seeking to investigate, develop and demonstrate a ground based open architecture command & control (C2) system for the Pg ISTARI UK MOD ISR satellite constellation. Focussed on maturing, deriving and identifying UK MoD requirements, testing hypotheses, addressing key challenges and stimulating industry to develop product roadmaps to support future operational systems targeted for non-civilian use.
SSUN: The UK MoD requires a mission control system to enable Space Command to Control, Monitor and Task On-Orbit Low Earth Orbit satellite(s), Remote Ground Terminals and supporting Operational Readiness Activities (including Simulation Environments), with appropriate scalability, and protection, to enable and sustain flight operations within the Space Command Satellite Operations Centre (SOC).
It is proposed that the BEROE requirement will be delivered using the Rapid Agile Prototyping, Scaled for Operations (RAPSO) Commercial framework model.
The proposed framework will be of approximately 1 year duration and valued up to a maximum of £5M, subject to necessary approvals. Operational Capability is not within scope of this framework.
Framework participation will be subject to successfully completing a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT) process. There are three stages under the framework which will be –
Stage 1: PQQ and datasheet responses to down select to 10-15 suppliers to take forwards to Stage 2.
Stage 2: Demonstrate and down selection to final 2 companies. ITT “light” and tender responses evaluated.
Stage 3: Funded development sprint to provide prototype.
II.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
34712000
II.6) Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract
Scheduled date for start of award procedures: ..
II.7) Additional information:

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:
Financing conditions and payment terms will be outlined within the terms and conditions of the Framework Agreement, and specific Framework call-off tasking documentation.
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 Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
VI.3) Information on general regulatory framework
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice: 24.6.2022