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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: SURFACE FINISH AMALGAMATION
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, GB Email: Tim.Urry100@mod.gov.uk. (Tim Urry)
3. Contract type: Service contract
Competitive procedure with negotiation
4. Description: Surface Finish (SF) Capability for Aircraft, Airfield Support Equipment (ASE) and Station Related Tasks
Object of the Request for Information and Purpose:
The Awarding Authority is looking to understand methodologies that would update and improve current delivery of the Surface Finish (SF) capability for Aircraft, Airfield Support Equipment (ASE) and Station related tasks. The Contracting Authority is keen to understand the capability and market interest for this defence support activity to inform future experimentation and procurement activities.
Short Description of the Requirement:
The UK MoD has a regulatory obligation to deliver safe and airworthy Air Systems for training and operations, both in the UK and overseas. The provision of an effective SF capability supports effective operational employment (through camouflage and markings) and airworthiness through the application of adequate corrosion protection. Alongside this, the MoD must ensure that the required numbers of serviceable Air Systems and ASE are available to support operational output. An efficient, effective, and reliable SF capability supports these availability/capability requirements by reducing maintenance turn-round times. This is achieved by reducing the likelihood of early equipment/component failure and improving mission survivability, maintaining surface finishes to a standard which ensures both high conspicuity for training aircraft, and low conspicuity (camouflaged) for aircraft and ASE undertaking operations.
Further information & engagement will be available at a future Market Interest / Industry Day
In particular, the contracting authority would appreciate:
Expressions of interest in this support capability?
Interest in invite to a Market Interest / Industry day?
Potential suppliers to comment on the development of options in this phase of the project, including ROM costs,
proposing?
5. CPV Code(s): 50211000
6. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK13
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, Gloucestershire.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: 702913450
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Listing Deadline 11.3.2022 (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
Please be advised that the Authority requires responses to the above RFI no later than 23:59 on 11th March 2022.
Link to Contracts Finder is here:
Procurement Route : Competitive procedure with negotiation
Contract Start Date : 01/04/2024
Please refer the website above for documentation
TKR-2022226-EX-1779198

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