Project MORRIGHAN · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesRestricted

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£448,8004 contracts · exc. VAT

Awarded 15 Jan 2025

Awarded to ISS Group Ltd +3 more4 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The aim of this tasking is to develop platform agnostic working prototypes for universal carriage of logistic and medical materiel and potentially in-extremis CASEVAC by heavy lift RAS.

We desire a platform agnostic universal carriage system to move variable payload combinations via both air and ground Remote & Autonomous Systems (RAS). We aim to: Draw on the knowledge and experience of industry to develop and optimise such a system; Inform its emerging doctrinal applications; and better understand the balance of both systemic and situational risk factors associated with its use.

There are various operational use cases for military application in the land, littoral and sea domains. In principle, we need to move logistic, equipment support and medical materiel in varying configurations around the battlespace. We want to achieve this by pre-loading a universal carriage system with whatever is required and then attach/detach this system to/from both air and ground vehicles to move it by the most suitable method. This carriage system could also be used to evacuate casualties in extremis.

CPV: Military research and technology · Research and development services and evaluation tests

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Restricted
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: 11 Mar 2025, 14:17 GMT
Last source update: 11 Mar 2025, 14:17 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-008753
Classification (CPV): Military research and technologyResearch and development services and evaluation tests
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04eb96 Find a Tender

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 4

Awarded value £448,8004 contracts exc. VAT

Bids received 15

Contracts signed 4latest 15 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
ISS Group Ltd	£75,000 †	—	Awarded
Aether Aerospace Ltd	£149,400 †	—	Awarded
Black Space Technology Limited	£74,400 †	—	Awarded
Skylift UAV Ltd	£150,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008753-2025-1 · ISS Group Ltd
Signed
15 Jan 2025
Value
£75,000
Status
active
Contract 008753-2025-2 · Aether Aerospace Ltd
Signed
15 Jan 2025
Value
£149,400
Status
active
Contract 008753-2025-3 · Black Space Technology Limited
Signed
15 Jan 2025
Value
£74,400
Status
active
Contract 008753-2025-4 · Skylift UAV Ltd
Signed
15 Jan 2025
Value
£150,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
15bids · 15 electronic	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral Government MOD Abbey Wood South, 1261, Spruce 2B, Bristol, BS34 8JHContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

DE&SReview body Bristol

Bidders & participating suppliers

4 commercial parties on the notice

Aether Aerospace LtdAwarded supplier 7 Rhosyn Close, Newport, NP19 0BD
Black Space Technology LimitedAwarded supplier 10X Spacemade 10 Brindley Place, Birmingham, B1 2JB
ISS Group LtdAwarded supplier Unit 3 The Farrowing, Fir Tree Farm, Chieveley, RG20 8RT
Skylift UAV LtdAwarded supplier Skylift UAV Ltd, 26 Brookfield Street, Leicester, LE7 2AD

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.