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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS (DEW) TRANSITION PHASE
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, The Directed Energy Weapons team, part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), GB Email: andrew.thompson513@mod.gov.uk. (Andrew Thompson)
3. Contract type: Service contract
PIN Restricted Procedure
4. Description: The Awarding Authority, is seeking feedback from Suppliers who may be interested in supporting the development of Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) capabilities, part of the MOD DEW programme. We expect this programme to support the development and delivery into service of Laser DEW (LDEW) and Radio Frequency DEW (RFDEW) systems over the next 5-10 years
DE&S would like to hear from interested Suppliers at all supply chain levels to inform upcoming Procurement Strategy decisions for the DEW programme. Specifically, we would like to gauge industrial interest, capability, capacity and views on the potential approach to the next phase of the programme.
Interested Suppliers should review the DEW Industry Briefing Note attached to this Opportunity Notice and the Request for Information (RFI) Questionnaire at the link below. Interested Suppliers should complete the RFI and email Andrew.Thompson513@mod.gov.uk to authenticate the submission on behalf of the Company, by 29 Sep 2023.
RFI Questionnaire Link –
This PIN and the associated RFI do NOT form part of any competitive Procedure or formal launch of a requirement. Responses to the PIN and RFI are not mandated. Any information you submit will be considered solely for the purposes of building a greater understanding of the potential marketplace, and industry’s ability to support the DEW programme. Supplier specific information provided through this process will not be shared or distributed directly to other Supplier but may be used by MOD to inform the DEW Procurement Strategy. Any information provided by Suppliers in response to this RFI will not be used as part of any future competitive procurement exercise and the Authority may ask for similar information to be provided as part of a response to a competitive exercise.
5. CPV Code(s): 73410000, 35710000, 35720000, 35730000, 38636100, 38636110, 71320000, 71335000, 72228000, 73300000, 73410000, 73436000,
6. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK11
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South West (England), Gloucestershire, Wiltshire And Bristol/Bath Area, Bristol, City Of.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Project Code 708488450
2023/S 000-025791
9. Estimated value of requirement: Estimated Value of Contract 150,000,000
10. Listing Deadline 29.9.2023 (23:59:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: You must register or log in at Web: to participate in this tender
12. Other information: Notes Default Additional Notes
Procurement Route FTS Restricted Procedure
Contract Start Date 01/04/2024
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TKR-2023913-EX-1628710