Supply Chain Notice: Provision of a Ship Control Trainer

Concepts

• warships
• raytheon
• ship control trainer
• provision of a ship control trainer
• control room
• ship control individual
• ship control positions
• purpose of this prior information notice
• training and simulation
• raytheon uk

Location

Description

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to inform potential suppliers that an upcoming procurement exercise will be conducted by Raytheon UK for the Provision of a Ship Control Trainer (SCT). Raytheon UK is planning to issue a full two-stage Tender by 1st June 2023 and intends to hold two Bidder Briefing Events on 16th May 2023 and 17th May 2023 - which will be held online via Microsoft Teams. The first session will be an open event to provide Bidders with an introduction and overview of the procurement and the second session is for one-to-one sessions with potential Bidders. Any relevant information shared within one-to-one sessions will be anonymised and shared with other Bidders to ensure a fair and transparent process. Interested parties are requested to express their interest by no later than 5pm, Friday 5th May 2023 to participate in the briefing sessions by emailing: molly.coburn@raytheon.co.uk. Summary of Services: The SCT is a high-fidelity simulated training environment used to provide ship control Individual and Team Training. It allows for multiple trainees to be trained simultaneously across different onboard duties. Trainees will interact with and manipulate multiple engineering solutions represented on a fully dynamic representation and high-fidelity simulated training environment that mirrors the Ship Control positions in the vessel's main command and control room. The full motion high-fidelity simulated training environment will incorporate a 6 degrees of freedom platform.

CPV Codes

• 80640000 - Training and simulation in warships

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

Raytheon is undertaking this PIN in order to seek the views and opinions of those capable organisations that may be interested in helping to deliver this solution. Participation in this PIN exercise is not a mandatory requirement for participating in any potential future procurement(s); however, responses received will assist to inform Raytheon UK as to the level of interest from the market and will be used to evidence a decision as to whether or not to undertake a competitive procurement. CONFIRMATION OF YOUR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT. Raytheon UK reserves the right to modify or cancel this PIN or the procurement exercise at any time, without liability to any potential suppliers or other parties. Please contact molly.coburn@raytheon.co.uk to receive a copy of the PIN Questionnaire and register your interest in attending the Industry Day(s). The deadline for registering your interest in the Industry Day(s) is 5pm on Friday 5th May 2023.