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153,000,000

Buyer: Ministry of Defence →

BuyerMinistry of Defence
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published4 Sept 2026

What is being bought

DRAFT Transparency Notice Fleet Wide Platform Management Systems The Ministry of Defence (the “Authority”) intends to award a contract to L3 Harris MAPPS Ltd (“the Supplier”) for the provision of Platform Management System’s (“PMS”) in service support (“ISS”). This contract will be to provide ISS to the PMS equipment onboard eight (“8”) T26 frigates, five (“5”) T31 frigates, and two (“2”) QEC aircraft carriers. The contract shall mobilise the ISS solution in preparation for the T26, and T31, transition into service and enhance current ISS to the QECs’ PMS. The contract has an estimated value of £153,000,000 excluding VAT. The contract will be for eight (“8”) years with two additional one (“1”) year options. In accordance with Section 41(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 (the “Act”), the Authority intends to rely on the Single Supplier direct award justification, as set out in Paragraph 6 and Paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 of the Act, to award a public contract directly to the Supplier not being an excluded Supplier. It is considered that a direct award is permissible under the Act on the basis that, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons and the incompatibility of services by alternative suppliers, only the Supplier can carry out the services and there are no alternatives to those goods, services or works for the following reasons: The Supplier is the OEM and Design Authority of the PMS installed on the T26, T31, and QEC, and is the only provider with the appropriate level of system design and configuration knowledge to meet the requirement; The Supplier is the only operator that has the technical expertise and know-how of the PMS equipment to carry out defect rectifications, capability evolution and obsolescence management; and The interoperability and integration issues created through the introduction of a new supplier would result in services incompatible with the existing goods, services or works and would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and/or maintenance of the PMS equipment. Accordingly, the Supplier is considered as the only supplier that can provide the services and there are no alternatives to those services as required by the Authority. The contract will not be awarded to an excluded supplier. A Contract Award Notice and Contract Details Notice will follow in accordance with Procurement Act 2023.

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment 35000000

Lot details

Lot 1

DRAFT Transparency Notice Fleet Wide Platform Management Systems The Ministry of Defence (the “Authority”) intends to award a contract to L3 Harris MAPPS Ltd (“the Supplier”) for the provision of Platform Management System’s (“PMS”) in service support (“ISS”). This contract will be to provide ISS to the PMS equipment onboard eight (“8”) T26 frigates, five (“5”) T31 frigates, and two (“2”) QEC aircraft carriers. The contract shall mobilise the ISS solution in preparation for the T26, and T31, transition into service and enhance current ISS to the QECs’ PMS. The contract has an estimated value of £153,000,000 excluding VAT. The contract will be for eight (“8”) years with two additional one (“1”) year options. In accordance with Section 41(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 (the “Act”), the Authority intends to rely on the Single Supplier direct award justification, as set out in Paragraph 6 and Paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 of the Act, to award a public contract directly to the Supplier not being an excluded Supplier. It is considered that a direct award is permissible under the Act on the basis that, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons and the incompatibility of services by alternative suppliers, only the Supplier can carry out the services and there are no alternatives to those goods, services or works for the following reasons: The Supplier is the OEM and Design Authority of the PMS installed on the T26, T31, and QEC, and is the only provider with the appropriate level of system design and configuration knowledge to meet the requirement; The Supplier is the only operator that has the technical expertise and know-how of the PMS equipment to carry out defect rectifications, capability evolution and obsolescence management; and The interoperability and integration issues created through the introduction of a new supplier would result in services incompatible with the existing goods, services or works and would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and/or maintenance of the PMS equipment. Accordingly, the Supplier is considered as the only supplier that can provide the services and there are no alternatives to those services as required by the Authority. The contract will not be awarded to an excluded supplier. A Contract Award Notice and Contract Details Notice will follow in accordance with Procurement Act 2023.

Award criteria
Lowest price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 35. The category anchor is Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 359833 median · 41 average (257 of 983 with a bid count)4 average (272 of 983 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer161 median · 2.2 average (6 of 16 with a bid count)1 average (8 of 16 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK3544 median · 86.7 average (99 of 354 with a bid count)6.4 average (109 of 354 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleThe Ministry of Defence (the “Authority”) intends to award a contract to L3 Harris MAPPS Ltd (“the Supplier”) for the provision of Platform Management System’s (“PMS”) in service support (“ISS”). This contract will be to provide ISS to the PMS equipment onboard eight (“8”) T26 frigates, five (“5”) T31 frigates, and two (“2”) QEC aircraft carriers. The contract shall mobilise the ISS solution in preparation for the T26, and T31, transition into service and enhance current ISS to the QECs’ PMS. The contract has an estimated value of £153,000,000 excluding VAT. The contract will be for eight (“8”) years with two additional one (“1”) year options. In accordance with Section 41(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 (the “Act”), the Authority intends to rely on the Single Supplier direct award justification, as set out in Paragraph 6 and Paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 of the Act, to award a public contract directly to the Supplier not being an excluded Supplier. It is considered that a direct award is permissible under the Act on the basis that, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons and the incompatibility of services by alternative suppliers, only the Supplier can carry out the services and there are no alternatives to those goods, services or works for the following reasons: The Supplier is the OEM and Design Authority of the PMS installed on the T26, T31, and QEC, and is the only provider with the appropriate level of system design and configuration knowledge to meet the requirement; The Supplier is the only operator that has the technical expertise and know-how of the PMS equipment to carry out defect rectifications, capability evolution and obsolescence management; and The interoperability and integration issues created through the introduction of a new supplier would result in services incompatible with the existing goods, services or works and would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and/or maintenance of the PMS equipment. Accordingly, the Supplier is considered as the only supplier that can provide the services and there are no alternatives to those services as required by the Authority. The contract will not be awarded to an excluded supplier. A Contract Award Notice and Contract Details Notice will follow in accordance with Procurement Act 2023.
Rationale classificationsNo tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

083749-2026-1

Statusactive
SupplierMOD

Contracts

083749-2026-1

Statusactive

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f1e7
Latest release ID083749-2026
Latest release timestampFri Sep 04 2026 08:44:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32009L0081
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
4 Sept 2026award, contract083749-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
4 Sept 2026 · 083749-2026 · award, contract
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