PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE FOR CONTRACT IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY - OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority / Entity

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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

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Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity

DDAITF/013 Planning Data, Knowledge and Analytical Orchestration Services & COA Testing, Evaluation and Adaptation Services for Operational Planning

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Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

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This notice involves a framework agreement

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Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services

The Ministry of Defence (MOD), through the Defence AI Accelerator Task Force (TF RAID), intends to procure a secure, scalable capability to support operational planning across Defence.

TF RAID exists to accelerate the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data-enabled capabilities in support of Defence outcomes, working with users, technical specialists and industry to identify, test and transition operationally relevant solutions.

This requirement is expected to support operational planners by improving access to authorised planning information, enabling reusable machine-readable planning knowledge, orchestrating analytical services, and supporting the modelling, testing and comparison of alternative Courses of Action (COAs).

The procurement will be structured as a single competition with 2 Lots:

- Lot 1 will focus on planning data, knowledge and analytical orchestration services; and

- Lot 2 will focus on COA testing, evaluation and adaptation services. Suppliers are invited to bid for 1 or both lots.

Together, the Lots are intended to improve the speed, quality, traceability and robustness of operational planning while maintaining appropriate human oversight, governance, transparency, security and interoperability within Authority-approved environments, including those handling information up to SECRET UK EYES ONLY where required.

MOD will be seeking to compete this requirement through the Government Commercial Agency Artificial Intelligence Dynamic Purchasing System (AI DPS/RM6200). Participation in any subsequent competition will therefore be limited to suppliers appointed to the relevant Lots of the AIDPS Framework who pass the shortlist filter exercise.

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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

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Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract

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Additional information

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

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Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

III.2)

Conditions for participation

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Reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary Information

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Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds

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Additional information

How to Join this Opportunity?

The MOD intend to run the competition through the Government Commercial Agency Artificial Intelligence Dynamic Purchasing System (AI DPS/RM6200). More details on the AI DPS, including how competitions are run, can be found at: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6200

If you are a supplier and interested in potentially bidding for this opportunity, you can sign up for the AI DPS by following the instructions in this link: https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dps/RM6200?nav=0

To become a supplier on this commercial agreement, download the 'Bid pack' within the link, and read the 'Read First RM6200 - DPS Needs'. To apply, or to update your responses, click 'Access as a supplier' within the link to login/register.

Registration is free and there is no limit on the number of suppliers who can join this DPS Marketplace.

If you would like to check whether you are already an Appointed Supplier on the AI DPS, you can check for your company name in alphabetical order through the following link: https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dps-suppliers/RM6200

The estimated date that the MOD intend to start the shortlisting procedure is the 21st September 2026, so early registration is highly encouraged.

Commercial Process:

Following the shortlist activity required under the Dynamic Purchasing System, the MOD intends to run the competition as a two-stage process. Stage 1 is expected to provide a lighter-touch technical assessment to support an initial down-select of suppliers. Suppliers who are successful at Stage 1 will then be invited to progress to Stage 2, where a further technical assessment will be undertaken alongside submission and evaluation of a commercial envelope. Further details on the proposed process, evaluation approach and submission requirements will be provided in the competition pack issued via the Defence Sourcing Portal to suppliers who meet the shortlist criteria.

Interested parties are to note:

- The Authority reserves the right to amend the scope, procurement strategy, timescales and commercial approach prior to any formal competition.

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Information on general regulatory framework

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Date of dispatch of this notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

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Short Description

The requirement is expected to support operational planning activities through the integration of planning data, machine-readable planning knowledge and advanced analytical services. The Authority seeks a capability that improves the speed, quality and scale of operational planning whilst maintaining appropriate human oversight, governance, transparency and security.

Requirement Summary:

The Authority requires an initial capability to support operational planners by enabling them to:

• Discover, access and exploit authorised planning information from multiple sources.

• Create and maintain reusable representations of planning knowledge, expertise, assumptions, dependencies and relationships.

• Assemble, configure and reuse analytical services in support of operational planning tasks.

• Improve traceability between planning inputs, analytical activities and planning outputs.

• Reduce dependency on fragmented information sources, manual processes and specialist knowledge bottlenecks.

The capability is expected to support planning activity across multiple domains, operational functions and echelons of command rather than providing a single-purpose planning application.

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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

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Quantity or scope

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Indication about different contract dates

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Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

The requirement is expected to support operational planning activities through the representation of operational environments, modelling of Courses of Action (COAs), evaluation of alternative scenarios and adversary responses, and generation of evidence-based insights to support planning and decision-making. The Authority seeks a capability that improves the speed, quality and robustness of operational planning whilst maintaining appropriate human oversight, governance, transparency and security.

The Authority requires an initial capability to support operational planners by enabling them to:

• Represent operational environments, actors, assumptions, constraints and dependencies in reusable and machine-readable forms.

• Model, test and compare alternative Courses of Action.

• Explore multiple operational scenarios, environmental conditions, assumptions and adversary responses.

• Generate evidence-based insights to support adaptation and refinement of operational plans.

• Improve traceability between planning inputs, analytical activities and planning outputs.

• Reduce reliance on manual wargaming, fragmented information sources and time-intensive analytical processes.

The capability is expected to support planning activity across multiple domains, operational functions and echelons of command rather than providing a single-purpose planning application.

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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

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Quantity or scope

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Indication about different contract dates

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Additional Information about lots