Nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological protection equipment

Tender description

The Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Delivery Team (CBRN DT), which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the MOD) intends to proceed with a single source procurement for the Subscription, Update, Support and Training for the Biological, Radiological and Chemical Information System (BRACIS) Warning and Reporting (W&R) Application. BRACIS is the MODs in service warning and reporting software; which must be compliant with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Doctrine and Policy; and be interoperable with our NATO partners. The term of the contract will be 3 years with options for 2 further years. The total cost of the contract will be circa. GBP 3 750 000. The Update, Subscription, Support and Training is required to: — Update and maintain the alignment of the BRACIS application with the prevailing NATO doctrine; Allied Technical Publication (ATP) 45, Allied Equipment Publications (AEP) 45 and Emergency Response Guide (ERG) Data; — Supply updated software annually; — Supply technical software support to the BRACIS application on the stand alone and tactical platforms, — Provide enhanced BRACIS training to Defence CBRN Centre Winterbourne Gunner.