# NIS Network Management & Control - Laissez-Faire Management \(LFM\)

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.

## 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: £605,550
- Tender value: £605,550
- Award date: 25 January 2023
- Published: 7 March 2023
- Contract start: 27 January 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: be0b58dd-57a2-4ae9-8501-db51130dd2a8-621850
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fe20f329-992c-413b-9b40-fa72b5a09f6f

## Description

This task aims to determine the potential of applying Laissez Faire Management \(LFM\) approaches to decrease the on-air time of radios within a mobile ad-hoc network \(MANET\)\. The work programme has been divided into three technical work packages plus a management work package to address the different aspects of the requirement, namely: 1\. WP 0 Task Management; 2\. WP 1 'Define' 3\. WP 2 'Design' 4\. WP3 'Demonstrate'

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be0b58dd-57a2-4ae9-8501-db51130dd2a8-621850)