Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Drone Demonstration and Development Project

UK-Southampton: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

Section I: Contracting authority/entity (as stated in the original notice)

I.1) Name and addresses
       Matitime & Coastguard Agency
       105 Commercial Road, Southampton, SO15 1EG, United Kingdom
       Email: AviationPMO@mcga.gov.uk
       Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency
       NUTS Code: UK

Section II: Object (as stated in the original notice)

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: Drone Demonstration and Development Project      Reference number: TCA 3/7/1111      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      35613000 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES   
   II.1.4) Short Description: The procurement of a drone demonstration and development contract will enable the MCA to assess the potential use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to augment current and future aerial surveillance capability by reducing, enhancing or replacing existing delivery methods. It will seek to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of MCA operations whilst reducing the risk to MCA personnel.

Section VI: Complementary information

V1.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 26/07/2019

VI.6) Original notice reference:

   Notice Reference:    2019 - 231636   
   Notice number in OJ S: Not Provided
   Date of dispatch of the original notice: 05/07/2019

Section VII: Changes

VII.1) Information to be changed or added

      VII.1.1) Reason for change: Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority    
      
      VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 1
                                    
         Section Number: IV.2.2          
         Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate          
         Instead of:
         Date: 05/08/2019         
         Local Time: 11:00          
         Read:
         Date: 19/08/2019         
         Local Time: 12:00                   
      
      VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 2
                                    
         Section Number: IV.2.2          
         Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate          
         Instead of:
         Date: 05/08/2019         
         Local Time: 11:00          
         Read:
         Date: 19/08/2019         
         Local Time: 12:00                   
   
VII.2) Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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