Background/Justification. There is an enduring requirement for Defence to provide an agile, interoperable and survivable maritime GEO INF capability that enables strategic, operational and tactical freedom of manoeuvre, which contributes to UK resilience, littoral theatre entry through timely data collection and maximising environmental exploitation. The SML has an enduring requirement to support Military Task 3 (MT3; Defence of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories) and has a current Out of Service Date of April 2018. Outside its standing task and operational requirements, the SML (R) will have the new requirement to support the new Minewarfare and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) programme (through evaluation, operating and de-risking) by operating off board Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). To meet the taut timeline of MHC there is an urgent need to have the SML (R) capability ISD on 01 April 2017, a year earlier than the current SML’s OSD. Due to the compressed timeline for an earlier ISD, the complexities of the capability support to MT3, the MHC programme and limited manpower resource, there is a need to out source the development work to generate an independent and objective URD and SRD. Activities to be Undertaken: Through stakeholder engagement and review of the MHPC URD / SRD generate a URD, then a SRD and finally develop the SRD into documents suitable for an Invitation To Tender format that supports either a Common Hull or Bespoke Hull procure e.g. develop fine tune SRD for contract specifications, publish function and measures of performance.
Background/Justification. Suppliers of Potential Tactical Hearing Protection System (THPS) shall be providing equipment for assessment as part of the commercial competition; this equipment must be tested in accordance with Xxx Xxxx 00-35, Part 3, Iss 4 and the attached Statement of Requirement to determine that the required level of performance is achieved.
Background/Justification. Although this was not part of the original 2003 plan of action, the IIHR decided during the course of the year to design a specialized area on the project for inclusion on the Institute’s web site, for use by the team-network. In this first phase, the purpose of this section is to support the process of consolidating and strengthening the team-network and serve as a means to disseminate, validate and enrich the project’s working methodology. It will also provide support material to help team members become specialized in this specific field.
Background/Justification. An e-mail message was sent out in 2002 with general information on the project; it introduced the idea of building a database of organizations offering psychosocial post-torture care. This led to contact with several organizations and individuals interested in the subject. Once it is available, this directory will demonstrate to the judges responsible for adjudicating reparations that local resources are available to work with victims and their families for emotional recovery. During the first half of 2003, the information was entered into a File Maker Pro data base, but a later decision to make it available on line requires a change of software. With a password obtained from the IIHR Information Unit, project staff will be entering data in October, November and December of 2003.
Background/Justification. An integral psychological attention requires a well maintained and planned methodology that may adjust itself to the System’s specific conditions. Such a methodology does not exist yet, thus representing a challenge to build it and putting it into practice, as well as to enhance it in the process. In that sense, it is very important for the team-network of specialized professionals to know about CEJIL’s experience and contributions, given the fact that it is the organization with more litigation experience and with victims before the Inter-American System. CEJIL is also able to pass on its knowledge about the real problems faced by victims of torture and by the petitioners who work before the organs of the Inter-American System. Likewise, the specialized professionals in the team-network will be able to discuss the contributions resulting from analysis carried out by the IIHR, regarding the role of psychological expert’s reports in the inter-American system, the development of jurisprudence on reparations, and the future challenges to the preparation of expert’s reports. The work carried out in this working meeting will constitute a contribution to the professional training of the specialized professionals, centered on the attention to victims of torture in the inter-American system. The latter means a better-quality attention to the victims.
Background/Justification. CEJIL representatives played a very useful role in the meeting of the team-network of specialists. They shared the perceptions that this institution has acquired during its 10 years of working with the Inter-American System. They appreciated the opportunity to make direct contact with the specialists and progressed to begin developing the training proposal for the staff. With the ideas it had picked up in the meeting, CEJIL concluded that the in-house training proposal should be understood as a process and not as a one-time activity in a single isolated event. To begin with, the workshop scheduled would be replaced with two workshops during 2003. This training for CEJIL, the institution that processes 90% of all litigious cases before the System, will bring great benefit for torture victims.
Background/Justification. Comprehensive psychological care requires a methodology that is well founded, carefully planned, and consistent with the specific conditions of the System. Because no such methodology exists as yet, the challenge of this project is to develop it, put it into practice and improve it through use. This is the task of the project’s team-network of specialized professionals. The team-network of specialized professionals needed to begin by learning about the experiences and contributions of CEJIL. As the organization with the most experience in representing victims in litigation before the Inter-American System, this center has much to share concerning the real problems of torture victims and petitioners working with the bodies of the Inter-American System. The studies prepared by the IIHR were also instrumental. They covered such topics as the role of psychological expert witness in the Inter-American System, development of case law on reparations, and future challenges for a comprehensive approach to torture cases brought before the system. The studies sparked discussions that established a very important a point of departure and general guidelines for the work that will take place in the future. This meeting also equipped members of the team-network with more specialized knowledge of the specific themes addressed by the project. The result will be higher quality care for torture victims in the Inter-American System.
Background/Justification. EDA is a Category B Tri-Service project to provide domestic accommodation and utilities to all components deployed on operations in the Land Environment from theatre entry until a more permanent infrastructure solution is in place. It includes accommodation, fuel and water storage and distribution, power generation and distribution, lighting, climatic control, ablutions, laundry, catering and dining, force protection measures, role 1 medical services and equipment support. Activities to be Undertaken: See Annex B for detailed Statement of Requirement. Deliverables: Outputs required, milestones, reports, software, demonstrations etc. See Annex B for detailed Statement of Requirement. Government Furnished Assets: See Annex B for detailed Statement of Requirement. Performance Targets: See Annex B for detailed Statement of Requirement. Additional Quality Requirements & Standards: None. See AOF Quality Assurance Website: xxx.xxx.xxx.x.xxx.xx/xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxx.xxx Timescale/Completion Date: 31 December 2014
Background/Justification. Engaging a single Industry Supplier through a Customer Friend Mechanism (CFM), rather than managing repetitive competitions against separate requirements, will reduce overheads, increase responsiveness and improve consistency of technical support deliverables that are required across the Operational Support Programmes (OSP). Activities to be Undertaken: See Attachment for detailed Statement of Requirement.
Background/Justification. Environmental Testing In accordance with Xxx Xxxx 00-35 See Attachment for detailed Statement of Requirement.
