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Project UBIQUITY: System Integrator Preliminary Market Engagement Notice

1. Introduction. The Authority is inviting expressions of interest from industry to provide a ‘System Integrator’ (SI) Role for Project UBIQUITY. 2. Overview. Project UBIQUITY is to provide an evolving Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver capability through iterative spirals, initially focussing on multi-domain hardware to provide the End User a platform which allows for future growth. 3. UBIQUITY spirals are all beholden to the Standards for Integrated C5ISR/EW Systems (STICS), where the key driver is the adoption of the Open Component Portability Infrastructure (OpenCPI) software standard to ensure efficiency and coherency across the fleet, focussing on delivering a minimal training burden for the End User. 4. The SI is a key element of Project UBIQUITY, providing a single interface to enable the design, development and integration of all elements of the Project. The SI shall also be responsible for ongoing In-Service support and management. 5. The SI Role is notably to utilise industry SQEP to facilitate technical discussions with the Authority on suggested designs to meet the System Requirement Specification. Upon agreement of design, the SI shall liaise with the Authority who shall be utilising a Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework Agreement (RM6393); which shall be managed and maintained by the Authority, to support Authority competitions to select the best of breed components that meet the agreed design. However, if the CCS Framework Agreement is deemed an unsuitable route, the SI may be asked to source the best of breed components on the Authorities behalf. Both routes will be assessed on a case-by-case basis dependent on the requirement being delivered. 6. Roles and Responsibilities. To provide some context to what is required from the SI, Roles and Responsibilities (R&R) have been created that describe the top-level expectations to be delivered throughout the life of the Contract.