Technical support services. An enabling contract is required to provide technical support to a multi-disciplined team based at MOD Abbey Wood responsible for delivery of the P8-A Poseidon into UK Service including all supporting activities. In order to support the delivery of the first UK P-8A in April 2019 the P-8A DT requires access to technical specialists across the full range of aeronautical engineering disciplines. These specialists will work alongside the P-8A DT to:

— Provide Independent Technical Evaluation of various artefacts produced by the P-8A DT, NAVAIR and other 3rd party suppliers.

— Generate aircraft and weapons certification products.

— Deliver artefacts in support of Release to Service recommendations.

— Operational Test and Evaluation Support.

— Generate structural, systems and propulsion integrity products and processes.

— Develop safety artefacts including: hazard logs, safety analyses, air-system hazard analyses, equipment safety assessments and safety assessment reports.

— Generate MRP compliance evidence and alternative acceptable means of compliance, where applicable.

— Produce a UK centric Air-system Document Set for the P-8A.

— Support the development of 1 Group continuing airworthiness products.

— Develop configuration control artefacts and processes.

— Deliver integrated logistics support artefacts and processes.

— Engage with 1 Group to support the provision of RAF engineering training.

The duration of the contract will be two years, with options to extend for two further one-year extensions. Tasks will be individually priced using agreed firm daily rates. The total volume requirement is expected to equate to around fifteen man-years of effort per year.

Relevant dates:

Deadline for Expression of Interest and attached DPQQ: 23.5.2017

Proposed/estimated ITT issue date: 29.5.2017

Proposed/estimated ITT return date: 4.7.2017

Proposed/estimated Contract award date: 29.7.2017.