International Fund for Ukraine (IFU)

Overview

The IFU is a funding mechanism that uses financial contributions from international partners to procure priority military assistance for Ukraine.Ukraine at pace. This will ensure the continued supply of military support – lethal and non-lethal – to Ukraine through 2023 and beyond.

The Fund is administered by the UK Ministry of Defence on behalf of an Executive Panel, comprising the UK, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. These partners, along with Iceland and Lithuania, have contributed a collective total of more than £770 million to the Fund to date.

IFU Procurement ProcessOpportunities

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Detailed

UBR2 requirements

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EOIs viain the DSP.Mobility Support and Maintenance of Ukrainian platform categories are currently being assessed.

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EOIs towere requested in the IFUfollowing mailboxmilitarised willand notnon-militarised beindustrial considered.vehicle sub-capability areas:

Current

• Backhoe ProcurementExcavator Opportunities

• Objective Ballistic protection level 6+
• Unprotected operating objective of 8 tonnes+

Urgent

Tactical BiddingMine RoundClearance 2Equipment (UBR2)- wasclosed launchedon 28 July 2023, 23:00 BST

EOIs were requested in tranchesthe fromfollowing sub-capability areas:

• Single man portable tactical mine and ordinance clearance equipment
  • Objective 15m + cleared path length
• Vehicle/ dual man portable tactical mine and ordinance clearance equipment
  • Objective 40m+ cleared path length

Manufacture and Supply of Artillery Ammunition – closed on 11 July 2023, 23:00 BST

Air Defence - closed on 26 April 2023.2023, 23:00 BST

EOIs were soughtrequested in the following sub-capability areas:

• Sensors Airto Defence,detect Longand Rangetrack Strike,cruise Mobilitymissiles, Supportlow flying (<50m) DoD Group 2 drones, and/or ballistic missiles.
• Sensor-guided air defence cannons to defeat low flying drones and thecruise Maintenancemissiles. ofSensor Ukrainiancould platforms.
  use radar, electro-optical, infra-red etc.
• Air burst rounds for cannon-based air defence systems (30mm, 35mm, 40mm). Must be at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 9.
• Expeditionary barriers to protect critical infrastructure sites - military gabion (collapsible wire mesh containers). Any size.

Suppliers who submitted an EOI have been contacted. An Airannouncement Defenceon the resulting capability package for Ukraine was announced on 13 June 2023: 2023: Major Air Defence package for Ukraine announced.

Long Therange firststrike contract- fromclosed thison package4 hasMay now2023, been23:00 placed:BST

EOIs £90mwere boostrequested toin Ukraine’sthe airfollowing defencesub-capability capabilityareas:

Missiles asor newRockets contractswith signed.a range 100-300km; land, sea or air launch. Payload 20-490kg.

EOIsDesirable requirements:

• Low Probability of Intercept (LPI)
• Includes Mission Planning Capability
• Assured navigation (with hardened Global Navigation Satellite System capability) in the Mobilityface Supportof advanced countermeasures and MaintenanceEM spectrum denial
• Air defence penetration methods to increase probability of Ukrainiansuccessful platformstrike
• Technical categoriesReadiness areLevel currentlyof beingat assessed.least 8

Suppliers who submitted an EOI inhave eitherbeen ofcontacted.

Mobility theseSupport categories– willclosed beon contacted9 shortly.

May 2023, 23:00 BST

SuppliersEOIs havewere beenrequested notifiedin about the outcomefollowing ofsub-capability Long Range Strike.areas:

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• Armoured competitionminefield breaching capabilities – mine rollers and mine ploughs full width and track width for theMain ManufactureBattle Tanks – T-72, Leopard 1, Leopard 2. Armoured mine clearing vehicles.
• Armoured vehicle launched bridges and Supplylaunchers ofin Artilleryany Ammunitionsize.
• Medium isGirder currentlyBridges: underway.
  9m to 31m, with at least Military Load Capacity (MLC) – 70(T).
• Logistical support bridge launchers and reusable bridges: 40m to 80m, with at least Military Load Capacity (MLC) – 70(T).
• Heavy equipment transporters capable of transporting Main Battle Tanks.

Background

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Maintenance of UkraineUkrainian (AFU)Platforms – closed 15 June 2023, 23:00 BST

EOIs were requested in the following sub-capability areas:

• Engines and existingtrack nationalfor BMP 1 and multinational2
• Engines routesand track for supportMT-LB
• Repair, torefurbishment theand AFUsupply continueof tospares runfor inTUNGUSKA parallel;Air submittingDefence system
• Mobile forward repair modules

EOIs are currently being assessed. Suppliers who submitted an EOI doeswill notbe precludecontacted suppliers from pursuingthe opportunitiesend throughof these routes.August.

How to submit an EOI

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Suppliers should review the DSP notices when they are published for further detail on UBR2 requirements and procurement opportunities, rather than approaching the UK MOD directly. Suppliers interested in responding to an opportunity should ensure that they are registered on the DefenceDSP. Sourcing Portal (DSP). Guidance on registering and using the DSP is available on the DSP website directly under the Supplier Registration icon: icon: DSP Registration Guidance. There is no charge for registering or using the DSP and there is a DSP helpdesk available.

ProcurementsAs with UBR1, procurements on behalf of Ukraine through the IFU cannot follow the recognised standard route for public procurement of equipment and services due to the urgent nature of the requirement and the evolving Russian threat. By submitting an EOI, suppliers acknowledge and accept the exceptional nature of theUBR2 IFU and UBR model and waive all legal rights which may otherwise have arisen from participating in a public procurement.

This webpage will be updated when new UBR2 requirements are released on the DSP.

Background

The IFU is not intended to be an exclusive route for support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and existing national and multinational routes for support to the AFU continue to run in parallel; submitting an EOI does not preclude suppliers from pursuing opportunities through these routes.

Contact us

Email: SPO-IntFundUkr@mod.gov.uk