FOR TRANSPARENCY ONLY - Provision of Research Support and Analysis to the DCDC Strategic Analysis Team

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) Strategic Analysis team requires the provision of research and analysis services to support the delivery of analysis to inform UK Defence policy and strategy development. This requirement comprises four distinct elements: • Original research and analysis.

The main types of output required under the contract are Literature reviews, Research tasks, Research Projects, workshops and conferences to gather a number of perspectives on a specific question or topic or to impart knowledge on a large group of stakeholders and short-notice tasks. • The Chief of the Defence Staff's (CDS) Strategy Forum. The Strategy Forum is run by DCDC to generate policy and strategy advice on behalf of the CDS by seeking alternative and novel perspectives through discussion and analysis.

The Contractor is expected to deliver the following key elements of three forums per year: Venue, Refreshments, Subject matter experts including keynote speaker, other speakers and panelists, syndicate rapporteurs, other distinguished guests, Forum preparation, Production of the forum write-up and any other follow-up work, Provide meeting facilities for a pre-forum meeting for VIPs the evening before (or evening of) the forum, close to the forum venue. • Provision of personnel. The Contractor will be required to provide the Authority with personnel to deliver research and analysis outputs as required where there is a requirement for personnel to spend substantial time (one day or more per week) at DCDC's premises.

This requirement includes Assistant Head (AH) of the Development, Analysis and Research (DAR) team to provide overview support to the DCDC DAR team for (on average) two working days per week and personnel to deliver specific research tasks or projects. • Publication of research and analysis. The Contractor must be able to edit and publish research and analysis produced under the contract on behalf of the Authority in a format that allows for easy and effective dissemination.

The characteristics and qualities of the Contractor must include expertise in the field of Defence and security policy and strategy analysis, access to a wide-variety of perspectives, expertise and disciplines and an assured, project management approach to the delivery of output. This contract is designed to provide DCDC with the expertise and support required to deliver their programme of analysis to fulfil the role to support Defence policy and strategy development.

This is therefore a unique opportunity for the Contractor to inform and influence Defence policy and strategy at the highest levels. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice.

No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders shou