Contracts Finder notice
IRM24/7683 - The Supply of C8 Rifle Spares CAN CF
Authority: Ministry of Defence
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBabcock Land Defence Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a 2 Years with 3 Option Years contract using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 to Colt Canada Corporation.
On the basis that, for technical reasons, the Contract can only be awarded to Colt Canada Corporation.
Colt Manufacturing is the manufacturer and have appointed Colt Canada Corporation as the sole distributor of spares in the UK which support C8 Platform components. Colt Canada Corporation have been granted the rights from Colt Manufacturing to the technical specifications required to undertake the manufacture, testing and supply and they do not share this knowledge/expertise with any third party.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Buyer reference
- tender_483270/1499822
- Category
- Goods
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- TF2 8JT; West Midlands, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision23 Jul 2025
- Contract starts24 Jul 2025
- Notice published29 Jul 2025
- Contract ends23 Jul 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Ministry of DefenceContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Colt Canada CorporationSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6c7152ee-f7bb-45d4-9819-d87b40cee856-2025-07-29T07:29:22+01:00
- Published
- 29 Jul 2025
- Latest update
- 29 Jul 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6c7152ee-f7bb-45d4-9819-d87b40cee856
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6c7152ee-f7bb-45d4-9819-d87b40cee856-1