Parts of military vehicles: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 35420000Supplies · classin Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Central government 60% (27 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 2% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 38% (17 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Ministry of DefenceCentral government1820
Babcock Land Defence Limitednot classified1300
Mod DonningtonCentral government400
DSGnot classified300
Defence Equipment and SupportCentral government210
Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)Central government100
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, OtherCentral government100
Office of the Sussex Police & Crime CommissionerPolice, fire & emergency100
Submarine Delivery AgencyCentral government110
Vehicle Support Team (VST) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)not classified100

10 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 29 of 45 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
West Midlands26 · 90%
North West England1 · 3%
South West England1 · 3%
Scotland1 · 3%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 40% (18 notices)
  • Framework 60% (27 notices)
Procedure route
  • Selective 56% (25 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 22% (10 notices)
  • Route not published 18% (8 notices)
  • Open 2% (1 notices)
  • Direct award 2% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 100% (3 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=13median, notice to deadline

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 55 awards to 29 suppliers

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 3542. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 6 Aug 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 3542. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.