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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: 120MM LIGHT MOUNTED MORTAR VARIANT-HINGED – RFI
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, GB Email: Alicia.Day705@mod.gov.uk. (Alicia Day)
3. Contract type: Supply contract
Competitive Flexible
4. Description: The Awarding Authority is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) for 120mm Light Mounted Mortar Variant-Hinged (Project STOKES), a ‘concept and assessment phase’ to inform a procurement decision to purchase est. Qty 60 hinged mounted 120mm mortar systems that will be fitted/integrated onto a Specified location light vehicle (assumed to be Jackal 3 Extenda). The Project is currently inviting responses to preliminary market engagement (RFI) on key information (eg. costs, feasibility of integration) regarding hinged mortar systems to inform the Authority’s decision. A hinged mortar system provides a balance of performance (enhanced lethality and survivability), time (easiest to integrate at pace) and cost (lower system integration and through life support) compared to mounted (recoil-less) alternatives. Only hinged-mounted systems will be considered. This RFI (Document given on the website below) requests key information about the likely costs involved for an initial integration of a supplier’s own system onto a UK MOD-owned vehicle as well as system cost and munition cost and availability. The RFI should be taken as the latest and definitive information regarding 120mm mortars project and any previous informal communications are to be disregarded. Indicative timescales for formal market engagement are: est Dec 25 for PSQ, est Jan 26 for ITT, est Q3 26 for test/eval, subject to approvals.
5. CPV Code(s): 35410000, 35300000, 35330000, 50630000
6. NUTS code(s): UK, UKK, UKK1, UKK15
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: UK
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Project Code: 715605452
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Listing Deadline: 31.3.2027 (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: See RFI attached for further details and how to respond.
Procurement Route: Procurement Act – Competitive Flexible
Work Category: Supplies
TKR-202593-EX-1853335