Official UK procurement notice
MERCURY Market Interest Day_PIN_FT
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise all interested suppliers of our intention to hold a Market Interest Session.
The British Army presents PROGRAMME MERCURY; a catalyst for 2035 Science and Technology challenges and beyond, to industry today: enabling Army- wide transformation. By identifying and developing ‘generation-after-next’ technologies and capabilities, MERCURY will ensure enduring operational advantage against the challenges outlined within the Land Operating Concept (LOpC).
MERCURY is to be a transformational programme, we seek to:
- Collaborate across divers suppliers to solve Army S&T 2035+ challenges with Industry today.
- Identify and develop generation-after-next capability solutions while drives opportunities for UK Industry and economy.
- Enable Army’s modernisation as outlined in the Land Industry Strategy and defined in the Land Operating Concept.
Growing and diversifying supply chain opportunities is at the heart of the Army’s Land Industrial Strategy, and it is recognised that markets with a broad range of suppliers of different types, including SMEs and Academic Institutions can offer better value for money, promote innovative solutions, and give Defence services access to expertise and knowledge on complex issues. MERCURY is committed to working with all suppliers to support this new and novel strategy, ensuring that we deliver the very best Value for Money service in support of Defence.
To find out more on MERCURY’s Mission, Vision, and Objectives, engage with our quarterly Newsletter.
CPV: Administration, defence and social security services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Engineering services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Installation services (except software) · Laboratory services · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery · Monitoring and control services · Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment · +6 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This notice is not associated with any procurement activity at this point and is…Planned
This notice is not associated with any procurement activity at this point and is solely for the purposes of running a Market Interest Session.
It is our intention to hold an early market engagement event on the 6 July 2023 to discuss MERCURY’S approach to 2035 Capability Challenges, launch of our Communities of Interest, Commercial activity, our key priorities, and our expectations of suppliers that we collaborate with.
MERCURY will also use the opportunity to gather intelligence from providers which may influence and inform the programme’s technical and commercial approach and opportunity to shape the programme processes and commercial strategy and wider opportunities.
The Market Interest Day will be the formal launch of our Communities of Interest (COI) to support in the shaping of the Capability Challenge Problem Set, 2035 Roadmap, and subsequent Capability Challenge Pipeline Statement of Requirement (SOR) in preparation for our framework launch. MERCURY encourages Industry, Academia and S&T partners to register their interest to attend this event in order to join relevant COIs.
This session will be a conference style face to face event, broadcast via Microsoft Teams, with an interactive means to answer questions via Slido. All questions gathered throughout the day will be answered and distributed after the event.
Please register your interest through our Microsoft Teams form by Monday 19th June 2023 through Mercury Market Interest Day Registration
(Link: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗ ),
or contact us through our commercial team: DES-FCG-TeamMercury@mod.gov.uk.
An invite will be sent out two weeks prior to the event confirming further details and the location (requiring review after unprecedented demand). This will also include the agenda for the day, and the Microsoft Teams Link. Additional information: Mercury Market Interest Day Registration Link: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 26 May 2023, 14:56 BST
- Last source update
- 26 May 2023, 14:56 BST
- Authority reference
61639376_PIN- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015127- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03cfe6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 May 2023 → 26 May 2023 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected26 May 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published26 May 2023, 14:56 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.