# ARA WP5\.1 Modular, Flexible Architecture - Phase 1

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Defence Science and Technology Laboratory](/buyers/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [QINETIQ LIMITED](/contract-winners/qinetiq/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £197,980
- Tender value: £197,980
- Award date: 12 January 2022
- Published: 14 February 2022
- Contract start: 14 January 2022
- Contract end: 5 April 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 67fe6a24-873d-4629-95b6-f4b08aedb049-509974
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-494e9727-ec23-4e96-929d-40fcc178c333

## Description

This requirement is to explore and identify improved approaches to understanding openness modularity and flexibility in CIS Architectures\. It is an activity within the Autonomous Resilient Architectures \(ARA\) project which seeks to develop and demonstrate self-discovering, self-connecting, self-coordinating architectures across a multi-domain, multi-classification, multi-national enterprises to provide improved C2, including in Denied, Degraded, intermittent and Low bandwidth \(DDIL\) environments\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/67fe6a24-873d-4629-95b6-f4b08aedb049-509974)