Provision of GECO Mission Support System Licences for Hawk TMk1

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£2,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Inzpire Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of GECO Mission Support System Licences for Hawk TMk1

CPV: Industry specific software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The UK Military Flight Training Systems Hawk Delivery Team (UKMFTS) part of the UK…

The UK Military Flight Training Systems Hawk Delivery Team (UKMFTS) part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) proposes to place a Single Source non-qualifying defence contract with Inzpire Limited, for the provision of GECO Mission Support System (MSS) software licences to deliver an Air Picture Overlay (APO) function on the GECO Tablet installed for use on Hawk TMk1 aircraft. The GECO Tablet is a proprietary product developed by Inzpire, which owns the intellectual property in the GECO software The delivery of the APO end product will be no later than 1 Jul 2026. The total value of the contract is not likely to exceed £2M.

In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this contract falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation [16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011] for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights.

This is because Inzpire as the owner of the intellectual property in the GECO software is the only entity that has the necessary rights to grant the software licences.

Delivery: UK

Extensions: Options to extend the licence provision on a yearly basis until the OSD of the aircraft (31st March 2030)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 May 2025, 15:45 BST
Last source update: 1 May 2025, 15:45 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-018519
Classification (CPV): Industry specific software package
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050ba1 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the directive
Published justification: The UK Military Flight Training Systems Hawk Delivery Team (UKMFTS) part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) proposes to place a Single Source non-qualifying defence contract with Inzpire Limited, for the provision of GECO Mission Support System (MSS) software licences to deliver an Air Picture Overlay (APO) function on the GECO Tablet installed for use on Hawk TMk1 aircraft. The GECO Tablet is a proprietary product developed by Inzpire, which owns the intellectual property in the GECO software The delivery of the APO end product will be no later than 1 Jul 2026. The total value of the contract is not likely to exceed £2M.
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this contract falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation [16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011] for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights.
This is because Inzpire as the owner of the intellectual property in the GECO software is the only entity that has the necessary rights to grant the software licences.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 1 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Inzpire LimitedSubcontracting: declared	£2,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of GECO Mission Support System Licences for Hawk TMk1 · Inzpire Limited
Signed
1 May 2025
Value
£2,000,000
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Bristol, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

UKMFTS Hawk Delivery Team CommercialReview body Bristol

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Inzpire LimitedAwarded supplier Lincoln, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.