Anti-ship missiles

Description

The Authority has a possible future requirement to procure a next generation ship launched anti-ship weapon system for use within training and operational roles with the Royal Navy. First delivery of the ship installed equipment would be required by December 2022 and first delivery of missiles would be required by December 2023. The potential contract will be for 4 years, with the potential of option years to follow (up to 9 more years), the potential contract would cover the following activities: Manufacture and delivery of the weapon system to be delivered in Financial Year 2023/2024. Installation of the weapon system onto Royal Navy ships. Provision and support of interface requirements to assist ships installation. Provision of train the trainer courses. Maintenance and technical support for the operational upkeep of the weapon system. Should this requirement proceed, a Contract Notice will be published in due course with more precise requirements and interested parties will be invited to complete an online pre-qualification questionnaire, which will be measured against selected criteria in terms of commercial and technical requirements. The technical requirement will be base lined against the user requirements and include questions regarding: — battlefield effect, — terminal effect, — interoperability: climatic and environment, — munition sensitivity, — system and design safety, — human factors, — deployability, — training, — sustainability and supply chain, — Capability resilience and reliability. Evidence will be required at the PQQ stage to demonstrate the weapon system can meet the Authority’s requirement set.