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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-031678/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Services

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence
Postal address: MOD Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Postal code: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Amanda Fry
Email: amanda-jayne.fry108@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: AWE Urban:Integrate
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
The Army Warfighting Urban Series 2023-2024 is a Capability Investigation within a threat based tactical scenario.
It will employ live, virtual and constructive methods to produce evidence which; de-risks major equipment programmes; enhances relationships with Industry, partners and allies; and accelerates Army modernisation and transformation.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 73000000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
AWE Urban Series Background
The Army Warfighting Experiment Urban Series 2022-2024 is a Capability Investigation within a threat based tactical scenario.
The Requirement
AWE Integrate will examine how a future Land Force can utilise future technology to fuse sensor inputs and reduce the cognitive burden on force elements to provide a more coherent, efficient and survivable command and control structure as part of wider multi-domain operations.
In addition, it will also review several previously offered hypotheses to generate more evidence against them, as well as bringing together a number of systems from earlier on in the series.
AWE Integrate will focus on the following hypotheses, which will be further refined in due course into detailed experimental activity. Applications must link to one of the following hypotheses:
COMMAND – If Urban force element Commanders have information management and exploitation tools that reduce their cognitive burden, then they will make higher quality, faster decisions to increase operational tempo and mass.
INTELLIGENCE: If all Urban force elements have timely access to AI-processed ISTAR data (including native Civilian systems) then they will make better, intelligence-led, decisions to increase operational advantage.
REVIEW – Hypotheses to be reviewed from earlier in the series (generate additional evidence)
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.14) Additional information: The AWE Urban: Integrate ITT is due to be released in early November 2023
There will be a launch of AWE Urban: Integrate on Thursday 2nd November 2023 from 14:00 – 16:00 via Microsoft Teams.
Please register your interest in attending the launch via this link

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2023-10-26
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2023-10-26