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Provision of Defence Aviation Confliction Awareness Planning Tool

Ministry of Defence · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 05:46.

Opportunity overview

The Provision of Defence Aviation Confliction Awareness Planning Tool.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£3.2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
20 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£3.8m
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PBXB-4886-CXBX
Location
Frimley, UKJ25, GU16 7EX, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
20251219-DACAPT
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The Authority intends to enter a direct award contract in accordance with Schedule 5, paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 as competition is absent due to the ownership of intellectual property rights. BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd, the incumbent supplier, hold the patent (ref EP2561500) to the CADS system. The service is proprietary and only the incumbent supplier holds the Intellectual property rights and technical capability. Given the breadth of the patent, it is not credible for the market to design around it. While the patent is in force in the UK, the Authority cannot compete this capability without the agreement of the Patent Proprietor, and this has not been granted. Therefore, BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd are currently the only supplier who can continue to deliver the flight deconfliction service. Immediate continuation of service maintains operational capability critical in the maintenance of air safety and mission planning.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Ministry of Defence
Id
GB-PPON-PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Address

Street Address
Nimrod Building
Locality
Walter's Ash
Postal Code
HP144UE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ13

Contact

Name
Samantha Morrish

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED
Id
GB-PPON-PBXB-4886-CXBX

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PBXB-4886-CXBX

Address

Street Address
Victory Point, Lyon Way
Locality
Frimley
Postal Code
GU16 7EX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ25

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72212781
Description
System management software development services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBXB-4886-CXBX
Name
BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Status
active
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
20 Mar 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
This Contract does have 3 KPIs which will be reported to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis. However, for the purposes of this Notice - as the Contract is only running for 12 months (with a potential 6 month Option) and is under £5 million (therefore, the publishing of these KPIs are not mandatory as part of this Notice), it has been decided to not publish them as part of this Notice.

Period

Starts
20 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
17 Feb 2027, 23:59

Options

Description
Additional 6 month option period being priced. To be used if replacement requirement is not sufficiently mature by Contract end date.

Value

Including VAT
3,794,454
Amount
3,162,045
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
030898-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
2 Apr 2026, 13:40
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Walter's Ash · UKJ13 · HP144UE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 021090-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 030898-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·