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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: HEARING PROTECTION COMMUNICATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (HPCSA)
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, GB Email: Mark.Bartlett105@mod.gov.uk. (Mark Bartlett)
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: Early Market Engagement Opportunity
The Army’s Hearing Protection Communication and Situation Awareness (HPCSA) programme wishes to horizon scan emerging technologies to address Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) crew and Dismount Close Combat personnel noise environments with a communications hearing protection and situational awareness system that provides the required levels of attenuation for impulse and continuous noise in conformance with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations (CNAWR) 2005.
The Authority is inviting industry to participate in an Early Market Engagement (EME) exercise to inform our Supplier Interest Database and Options Analysis, as well as support the development of our Procurement Strategy, User Requirements Document (URD) and Systems Requirements Document (SRD). This EME exercise will be in the form of a Request for Information (RFI) in MS Forms followed by a Market Interest Day event scheduled for Thursday 15th May 2025 at Warminster Garrison. The MS Forms link to respond to the RFI and register for the Market Interest Day can be located within the attached document entitled “20250404_HPCSA_EME_2025”.
5. CPV Code(s): 75000000, 75221000, 18443300, 18444100, 18143000
6. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK11
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South West (England), Gloucestershire, Wiltshire And Bristol/Bath Area, Bristol, City Of.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: 714437450
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Listing Deadline: 30.6.2025 (23:59:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: You must register or log in at Web: to participate in this tender
12. Other information: Work Category: Services
Procurement Route: Other
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TKR-202544-EX-1840972