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709073450 - In-Service Support of Hazardous Environment Search Equipment (HESE)

Buyer: Ministry of Defence →

BuyerMinistry of Defence
Statusaward
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published16 Jan 2026

What is being bought

PROTECT DT, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (the Authority), have awarded a contract to Tower Supplies for the In-Service Support of Hazardous Environment Search Equipment (HESE). The contract is for an initial period of 3 years with x4 1-year options to extend to a total duration of 7 years. The total estimated Contract Value (including options) is £3,381,342.97 (ex VAT). This contract has been placed via a competitive procurement using the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 Restricted Procedure utilising the weighted value for money evaluation criteria. Tower Supplies was awarded the Contract as they submitted the highest scoring, compliant bid in accordance with the evaluation criteria set out in the Invitation to Tender. All Tenderers were notified of the Contract Award Decision on 07th November 2025. The Contract was subsequently awarded 24th November 2025 with a Contract Effective date of 1st December 2025.

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Repair and maintenance services 50000000Maintenance and repair services 1

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
0Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Repair and maintenance services (50000000); 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 503,8613 median · 20.3 average (1,099 of 3,861 with a bid count)3.4 average (1,240 of 3,861 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK7164 median · 72.8 average (171 of 716 with a bid count)7.8 average (215 of 716 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 rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
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

RelationshipRelated procurement
Relatedocds-h6vhtk-03fb3e

Awards

Contracts

004019-2026-709073450-1

Statusactive
Value£23,669,401

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-04a802
Latest release ID004019-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jan 16 2026 15:40:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusNot published
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsRestricted
Main procurement categoryservices
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 source0
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Jan 2026award, contract004019-2026

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)
16 Jan 2026 · 004019-2026 · award, contract
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