Commercial X Dynamic Market

Tender description

Commercial X is a new function within the MoD that is driving pace in innovation to support core MoD activity (find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ministry-of-defence-commercial-commercial-x). Commercial X is seeking to establish a Dynamic Market under the new Procurement Regulations, due to go live 24th February 2025. The Dynamic Market will cover all Commercial X scope and provide a new competitive route to market with the following benefits: • Create an open ecosystem which contains a low barrier to entry to encourage Small Medium Enterprise (SME) participation • Create a competitive route to market which allows for flexibility • Create a competitive route to market which allows for scaling of products and encourages spiral development The purpose of this PIN is to make the market aware of an early market engagement session prior to establishing a Dynamic Market under the Procurement Act 2023. A virtual market engagement session shall be held on the 27 Feb 25 at 13:00-15:00 UK Local Time using Microsoft Teams. Lot 1: The top categories identified at this stage are as follows with a brief description. 1. Hardware – Innovative hardware or hardware for IT or digital purposes 2. Hardware / Software – Innovative or digital software and hardware where these are delivered as a package 3. Software – The collection of instructions, programs, or data used by computers to perform specific tasks or operations. It is intangible and works in conjunction with hardware to enable functionality, user interaction, and automation of processes. 4. Intelligence / Experimentation / Innovation Services - Intelligence is the capacity to effectively gather, analyse, and apply knowledge and insights to develop creative solutions, enhance decision-making, and improve service delivery for clients. This involves continuously updating information about industry trends and client needs, utilising analytical thinking to identify opportunities, and fostering collaboration to generate innovative ideas that respond to changing market conditions. Experimentation services involve designing, conducting, and analysing experiments to test hypotheses, validate ideas, or evaluate processes, products, services. These services are used to explore innovative solutions, optimise performance, or reduce risks before full-scale implementation. Innovation is the process of creating, developing, or improving products, services, processes, or business models to generate value. It involves the practical implementation of new ideas to solve problems, meet needs, or exploit opportunities, often leading to significant advancements in efficiency, quality, or user experience. 5. Unmanned Air / Sea / Land Systems - Autonomous systems deployed & utilised within the air, sea, land and space environments 6. Military Technologies - Military technologies, communications, intelligence, weapons, equipment, structures & vehicles used within the Space, Land, Sea and Air environments 7. Networks - complex, secure, and highly controlled systems designed to facilitate communication, data sharing, and the operation of defence technologies. These networks are often critical to national security and must be optimized to handle sensitive data and support military operations while maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 8. Component Testing and Evaluation – involves testing individual parts or components prior to integration into larger systems, with a particular focus on innovative and / or digital systems. 9. Research and Development – creation of new products, technologies or processes, or improving existing ones, with a view to testing, scaling and improving the outcomes. 10. Infrastructure – Physical and virtual structures, including technological infrastructure, enabling daily functions with a view for identifying efficiencies 11. Technical Feasibility Studies – Assessing and evaluating projects, problem statements, solutions and implementation 12. Cyber – Cyber defence capabilities Additional information: Invitation to the event will be by request. To register your interest in attending, you must complete this form https://forms.microsoft.com/e/6qMVjSyD4i no later than 18:00 on 20 Feb 25. At this point the form will close and no additional participants will be accepted. Due to capacity limitations, this engagement will be limited to one person per company.