Dismounted Joint Fires Integrator (D-JFI).

Descriptions

Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance. Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance. The Artillery Systems Team, part of DE&S intends to run a Competitive Negotiated Procedure under Regulation 18 of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011 for the D-JFI Requirement.The Army HQ Single Statement of User Need (SSUN) that DJFI will deliver against is: ‘The User shall be able to generate and communicate target information from a dismounted configuration to effector systems for integrate employment of joint precision and non-precision fires to achieve tactical success.’The main Users are dismounted Fire Support Teams (FST) and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC). The in-service date for D-JFI is 2020 with a planned out of service date of 2040.D-JFI is a Category B equipment procurement project, taking into account the through-life costs.In issuing this Contract Notice and engaging with the market, the Authority is not committing to carrying out any procurement in relation to the requirement if third parties are interested in engaging with the Authority in relation to the requirements they must do so without sharing information that is protected by copyright or patents.As per the Defence Contract Notice and OJEU advert dated 16th December 2016, the Authority presented the D-JFI requirement to the market at an Industry Briefing Day on 17th January 2017 at Larkhill. The presentation slides and questions and answers are attached with the DPQQ.