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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AS A SERVICE CHALLENGE – FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, GB Email: Paul.Hayes105@mod.gov.uk. (Paul Hayes)
3. Contract type: Service contract
Restricted
4. Description: Additive manufacturing (AdM), also known as 3D printing, is a range of manufacturing technologies that enable the creation of lighter, stronger parts and systems. It has the potential to address significant issues within Defence such as excessive lead times for Defence inventory and manufacture of obsolete parts to improve platform availability.
A Prior Information Notice (PIN) was published on 11/04/2022 to inform the market of an upcoming Framework Agreement opportunity. The MOD is considering seeking bids for innovation funding to accelerate the maturity of AdM technologies to better exploit the technology within the end-to-end support chain, deliver a more agile response to demand for parts, and begin to generate the inherent efficiencies that this technology promises. The Authority currently plans for the Framework value to be between £3M – 5M (ex VAT) and will be for a period of 2 – 7 years. The PIN was followed by an Industry Day hosted virtually by the Authority on Wednesday 27th April 2022.
This DSP opportunity notice has been updated to enable interested suppliers to download pertinent documents following the AdM Industry Day
5. CPV Code(s): 73421000
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 703280451
2022/S 000-021304
2022/S 000-009600
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Listing Deadline 30.9.2022 (17:00:00).
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
Post Industry Day:
Supplier’s will now be able to download the following:
The slides from the AdM industry day
A recording of the the AdM industry day
A list of follow up questions and answers post Industry Day
Procurement Route
FTS Restricted Procedure
Please refer the website above for documentation
TKR-2022920-EX-1884123
TKR-2022920-EX-1884298