Official UK procurement notice
Collaborative Mission Manager · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionJoint Warfare is required to explore the full integrated capability of the Collaborative Mission Manager (CMM) suite, as a Multi Domain C2 Toolset. CMM is a product by currently in use with the US Department of Defence (DoD) under the name of Command and Control in the Information Environment (C2IE). It will also be able to support the requirement to communicate and transfer data with our main Bi-lateral partner and FVEYs community, a specified task under the Fully Networked Command, Control and Communication (FNC3) work strand.
CPV: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · Software consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Detailed below are the requirements that UK StratCom will seek to meet as part of it’s…
Detailed below are the requirements that UK StratCom will seek to meet as part of it’s experimentation with CMM. The provision of CMM, data and resources by RII will enable the following:
- Scope and evaluate software tools to support the functional delivery of a Joint Configurable Operating Picture (JCOP) for UK StratCom in order to provide robust and accurate Key User Requirement (KUR) document set and evidence to support both Capability Development (Cap Dev) and jHUB Projects.
- Inform, develop and demonstrate UK StratCom JCOP requirements to enable a unified data environment (Partner Network Environment (PNE)) for the operational level enabling interoperability with; tac, strat and with allies and partners.
- Develop and demonstrate user requirements for how audiences are displayed through the JCOP to support: situational awareness; MoE; Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and the display of network analysis.
- Review and test the utility of the concept of a permissions matrix which is consistent with the narrative and is controlled through the targeting process. (include in JTTP 3-81v3 as a concept under development)
- Demonstrate the ability to filter information from the tactical to the strategic domains for Commander’s decision support.
- The requirement to automate staff processes to optimise human machine teaming and minimise demands on staff and allow more time to address complexity to improve C2 effectiveness.
- Discover the full capability of the Command Planning Tools incorporated in CMM.
- Discover the ability to integrate CMM into MDI for the HQ and linkages with FNC3.
- Discover the ability to integrate CMM with data sources and systems by API to dynamically sense and understand across all domains, utilise historical data sets with the ability to identify patterns, deviations or changes in environments specific to the Audience Centric Approach.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Lowest price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 May 2022, 12:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011824- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031f8bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
UK Strategic Command (UKStratCom), part of the Ministry of Defence, "The Authority" intends to award a 12-month contract to the total value of $2,215,770 (USD) Ex VAT to Research Innovations Inc. to provide a Collaborative Mission Manager (CMM) tool in order to trial a Partnered Network Environment with the United States Department of Defence (US DoD). It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii), Section 3 of Chapter 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for Technical reasons.
Research Innovations Inc. CMM tool is currently the only solution on the market able to fulfil the Authority's interoperability requirements with US Department of Defence (DoD) systems in order to enable the collection, collation and sharing of operational data between the US DoD and the Authority.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated6 May 2022, 12:09 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Innovations Incorporated (RII)Subcontracting: declared | US$2,215,770 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Research Innovations Incorporated (RII) | US$2,215,770 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 011824-2022-1 · Research Innovations Incorporated (RII)
- Signed
- 23 Mar 2022
- Value
- US$2,215,770
- Status
- active
Collaborative Mission Manager · Research Innovations Incorporated (RII)
- Signed
- 8 Mar 2022
- Value
- US$2,215,770
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Research Innovations Incorporated (RII)Awarded supplier
- Research Innovations Incorporated (RII)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.