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Niteworks

Niteworks was established by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide a commercially neutral environment in which to address complex Defence challenges through a partnership between MOD, industry and academia.

Published 28 March 2018
Last updated 22 June 2018 — see all updates

• From: Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment and Support

Announcements

Update on the Niteworks competitive tendering process

A draft Statement of Requirement (SOR) has been released to the companies who expressed an interest in tendering to be the Niteworks Contractor. The draft SOR has been released for information purposes only, the final version of the SOR will form part of the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) in due course. The Authority will not provide any further information or answer any questions in relation to the draft SOR.

The project team is currently unable to confirm the release date for the ITN but it is anticipated that this will be mid-August 2018, however efforts are being made to bring the date forward.

In the meantime, organisations interested in joining the Niteworks Membership are invited to register their interest at DESTECH-TechOfficeNWR@mod.gov.uk noting that signing up to the membership will commence between ITN release and contract award.

Niteworks 3 contract ends

The Niteworks 3 contract ceased in accordance with the original contract timetable on 31 March 2018. As a consequence we will no longer be processing any new applications for the Niteworks 3 partnership.

The MOD remains fully committed to the benefits of the Niteworks partnership and the pan-industry approach. The requirement for a Niteworks (Replacement) has been endorsed by the Front Line Commands and Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is working to deliver a successor core service as soon as possible, although this will be later in the financial year.

The Niteworks (Replacement) project was notified in the Defence Bulletin Contract Notice in November 2017, along with an industry briefing day on 25 January 2018. The MOD will be maintaining on-going engagement across the Niteworks partnership until the Niteworks (Replacement) project is in place. Should you wish to express an interest in joining the partnership at any subsequent opportunity please contact destech-techofficenwr@mod.gov.uk

What we do

Niteworks is a cost effective, impartial, sustainable and responsive evidence based support capability drawing together a broad spectrum of knowledge and expertise from industry, the MOD and academia in a collaborative environment to analyse and address security and defence issues. This could include but may not be limited to concept demonstration, experimentation, impartial perspectives into capability decisions, requirements de-risking and shaping and informing decisions across the defence lines of development (DLOD).

Contact Us

If you have any questions or queries you can contact us by email at destech-techofficenwr@mod.gov.uk, when emailing please identify whether your query is regarding Niteworks 3 or Niteworks Replacement.

Niteworks Replacement

1. Niteworks Replacement Industry Day clarification questions and responses

   • 28 March 2018
   • Guidance

Niteworks 3: What you need to know

1. Niteworks 3: what you need to know

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

2. UK Defence Innovation: design and implementation of a system to realise value through exploitation of novelty (white paper)

   • 28 March 2018
   • Guidance

3. Holistic complex system intervention evaluation: understanding the nature of defence capability (white paper)

   • 28 March 2018
   • Guidance

4. Styles of architecting: a smarter approach to architecting the Defence Enterprise (white paper)

   • 28 March 2018
   • Guidance

5. Continuous capability evolution: a practical approach to the acquisition of modern defence capabilities (white paper)

   • 28 March 2018
   • Guidance

6. Niteworks Inform magazine: An update for defence decision makers

   • 28 March 2018
   • Guidance

7. Technical Insights

   • 28 March 2018
   • Guidance

8. Niteworks project summaries

   • 28 March 2018
   • Guidance

Niteworks 3: case studies

1. Niteworks 3: Prototyping a Rapid Messaging system for MOD

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

2. Niteworks 3: Transforming the delivery of the UK’s Air ISTAR capability

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

3. Niteworks 3: Improving Ground Based Air Defence

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

4. Niteworks 3: Enhancing detection equipment to reduce risk to life

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

5. Niteworks 3: Enabling MOD to take advantage of the IT revolution: The Brockworks Programme

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

6. Niteworks 3: Rapidly upgrading Submarine Combat Systems

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

7. Niteworks 3: Informing Acquisition for Future Aircraft Refuelling Capability

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

8. Niteworks 3: improving support solutions for explosive ordnance disposal equipment

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

9. Niteworks 3: Improving Army capability delivery through industry best practice

   • 28 March 2018
   • Case study

10. Niteworks 3: Shaping Combat Service Support for Army 2020 and beyond

    • 28 March 2018
    • Case study

11. Niteworks 3: Developing Joint Battlespace Management capability

    • 28 March 2018
    • Case study

12. Niteworks 3: Exploiting Open Source Intelligence through innovation

    • 28 March 2018
    • Case study

13. Niteworks 3: The Capability Concept Demonstrator

    • 28 March 2018
    • Case study

14. Niteworks 3: Improving performance whilst reducing costs

    • 28 March 2018
    • Case study

15. Niteworks 3: Supporting the MOD’s cyber capability

    • 28 March 2018
    • Case study

16. Niteworks 3: Generating effective capability through experimentation

    • 28 March 2018
    • Case study

Published 28 March 2018
Last updated 22 June 2018 + show all updates

1. 22 June 2018 Added an announcement about the Niteworks competitive tendering process.
2. 11 April 2018 Added new shared mailbox contact details.
3. 28 March 2018 First published.