Installation services of radio equipment

Tender description

Installation services of radio equipment. The MORPHEUS project has a requirement to establish a number of Authority managed Installation Design and Certification capabilities during the Evolve to Open (EvO) contract period and beyond. These capabilities will enable the conduct of platform surveys, platform installation design, EvO First of Type (FOT) installation, commissioning, certification and preparation for fielding activities on behalf of the Authority against an Army Headquarters (AHQ) endorsed fielding strategy and plan. MIDaC Objectives: The objective of the MIDaC procurement is to provide functions (and associated outputs) within the scope outlined below during the EvO D&D phase, as required by the Authority with an aim to: a) Inform the EVO system and installation design by identifying platform specific constraints and opportunities for improved installation (qualified), operation and maintenance and minimising disruption throughout platform conversion. b) Manage and technically assure the Design Organisation(s) delivered, platform-specific installation designs of the EvO System in accordance with the Installation Design and Certification (ID&C) process, on a number of FOT platforms (circa 10-15) prior to Operational Field Trials (OFT). c) Manage and technically assure the Design Organisation(s) delivered, platform-specific installation designs for all EvO System recipient platform types (approx. 45 Land, 16 Maritime and 13 Air), to the point of Initial Design Review in accordance with the ID&C process. d) Increase the Authority's in-house levels of Knowledge, Skills and Experience (KSE) of platform installation design and certification, to inform future tasking required to support large scale OFTs and fielding. MIDaC Scope: (1) Platform Installation Design and Certification; (2) First of Type Testing; (3) Operational Field Trials.