708488450 - Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Transition Phase

The Directed Energy Weapons team, part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), is seeking feedback from Suppliers who may be interested in supporting the development of Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) capabilities, part of the MOD DEW programme. We expect this programme to support the development and delivery into service of Laser DEW (LDEW) and Radio Frequency DEW (RFDEW) systems over the next 5-10 years DE&S would like to hear from interested Suppliers at all supply chain levels to inform upcoming Procurement Strategy decisions for the DEW programme. Specifically, we would like to gauge industrial interest, capability, capacity and views on the potential approach to the next phase of the programme. Interested Suppliers should login to the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) to locate the Opportunity Notice and access the DEW Industry Briefing Note (hyperlink below) and link to the Request for Information (RFI) Questionnaire. Interested Suppliers should complete the RFI and email Andrew.Thompson513@mod.gov.uk to authenticate the submission on behalf of the Company, by 29 Sep 2023. DSP Opportunity Notice Link - https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=56925 This PIN and the associated RFI do NOT form part of any competitive Procedure or formal launch of a requirement. Responses to the PIN and RFI are not mandated. Any information you submit will be considered solely for the purposes of building a greater understanding of the potential marketplace, and industry’s ability to support the DEW programme. Supplier specific information provided through this process will not be shared or distributed directly to other Supplier but may be used by MOD to inform the DEW Procurement Strategy. Any information provided by Suppliers in response to this RFI will not be used as part of any future competitive procurement exercise and the Authority may ask for similar information to be provided as part of a response to a competitive exercise.