{"id":48419,"date":"2014-10-07T10:33:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T10:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1537daa5d22f56a68faf3fc8d29ccffd"},"modified":"2014-10-07T10:33:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T10:33:38","slug":"news-story-c4isr-contracting-opportunity-for-defence-suppliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=48419","title":{"rendered":"News story: C4ISR contracting opportunity for defence suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Suppliers within the area of Command, Control, Communication and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (<abbr title=\"Command, Control, Communication and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance\">C4ISR<\/abbr>) are invited to sign up to a new contracting framework.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (<abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr>) spends around \u00a38 million on <abbr title=\"Command, Control, Communication and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance\">C4ISR<\/abbr> research each year. It wants suppliers to join its <abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr> (Research-Cloud) to gain access to <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr>\u2019s latest research requirements in this area.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third of 9 capability areas to offer research opportunities through <abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr>, which provides easy-to-use, direct access to current and future research requirements. Further roll out, across <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr>\u2019s other capability areas, is expected over the coming months. <\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Suppliers working in the area of <abbr title=\"Command, Control, Communication and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance\">C4ISR<\/abbr> can apply to be part of <abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr> via the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contracts.mod.uk\/\">Defence Contracts Online<\/a> (DCO) pre-qualification portal from 3 October until 5 November 2014. (See \u2018<abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr> Framework <abbr title=\"Command, Control, Communication and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance\">C4ISR<\/abbr>\u2019 contract opportunity).  Access is via the DCO response manager using the access code: PJE36WNZUK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>New users will need to create a supplier account within the DCO portal in order to access this contracting opportunity and provide the necessary pre-qualification information.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, suppliers will then be considered for future <abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"Command, Control, Communication and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance\">C4ISR<\/abbr> research contract opportunities with mini-competitions being run where suppliers will be invited to express interest and tender for different tasks.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr>\u2019s <abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr> Project Manager, Neil Higson, said: \u201cI am really pleased with the momentum we are achieving with <abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr>.  The last two calls for suppliers have generated over 200 new members for <abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr> within the CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) and Counter Terrorism and Security capability areas; this is a great foundation for us to build upon.  I am keen that we have a broad supplier base for <abbr title=\"Research Cloud\">R-Cloud<\/abbr> across all capability areas, so please take a look at this latest opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For further information contact <a href=\"mailto:dstlrcloud@dstl.gov.uk?Subject=R-Cloud%20Enquiry%20via%20GOV.UK\">dstlrcloud@dstl.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dstl is seeking suppliers in the field of C4ISR for a contracting framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}