Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Exposition

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7 Air Defence Group in conjunction with the Army Land GBAD Programme Office will deliver a Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Exposition on 11 July 2024 at Thorney Island starting at 09.30hrs. The purpose of the day is to keep the delivery of Land GBAD at the forefront of Defence mindset. It will be a demonstration of Land GBAD capability, designed to showcase the employment and development of current equipment, and further enable future Land GBAD. The day will demonstrate current GBAD fielded force, the initial stages of the Land GBAD Programme journey, and potential future capabilities. The primary audience are internal MoD stakeholders. 7AD Gp would like to further use this opportunity to engage the wider defence Industry for Land GBAD to support this event. This RFI extends an invitation to Defence suppliers to attend, with demonstrations of equipment at the event requested; but it is not a pre-requisite from attendees responding to this RFI. Specifically, 7AD Gp invites attendees from companies specialising in and/or supplying equipment in the following Land GBAD areas – C2, Effectors, Sensors, CUAS, Training & Simulation. This event will not provide any new information on the DE&S Land GBAD programme which has its own approach to market engagement. This event is not an indication of intent to place future work with Industry – it is an opportunity for Industry to support the work of MoD stakeholders. Any procurement relating to the topics discussed within the RFI shall be managed separately and in line with UK government legislation and policy, as relevant. Lot 1: This Request for Information (RFI) seeks responses from companies wishing to attend that can provide valuable input to discussion on the above topics. Respondents are requested to provide the following information: • The names of proposed attendees (max 2 per company) • Confirmation of proposed attendees security clearance (attendees must hold SC) • Confirmation of Nationality and any dual National status of proposed attendees • A summary of the company’s area of expertise and equipment supply related to the above listed Land GBAD topics. This summary should be limited to 1 x A4 pages. Please note the following general conditions: • All costs associated with the production of a response to this RFI and attendance at the exposition shall be borne entirely by the respondent. • No information provided in response to this RFI will be carried forward, used, or acknowledged in any way for the purpose of evaluating the respondent in any subsequent formal procurement process. • All information provided by respondents shall be treated as commercially sensitive and not shared with any third parties. • Discussion at the event will be limited to a maximum classification of Official-Sensitive; responses to this RFI should be limited to the same. • Attendance at the event is entirely at the discretion of the Authority. • The Authority reserves the right to cancel or amend this event at any time and without liability for costs of production of RFI responses. TIMETABLE The RFI will be open for the period until 21st June 2024.