Official UK procurement notice
712920450-Swing Arm Gun Mount (SAGM) & Mk15 Pedestal Spares, Repairs & Post Design Services
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support
What is being bought
Published requirement description712920450-Swing Arm Gun Mount (SAGM) & Mk15 Pedestal Spares, Repairs & Post Design Services 5 year contract
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of warships
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jan 2026, 12:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2026, 13:40 BST
- Authority reference
712920450- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099994- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060c16Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The Lethality & Protect/Gunnery Systems & Munitions Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the Authority) intends to award a contract for a period of five years to ISTEC Services Limited for Spares, Repairs and Post Design Services for the Swing Arm Gun Mount (SAGM). The estimated total contract value is £1.7M. In accordance with Section 2 of the Procurement Act 2023 this procurement is governed by the Procurement Act 2023. It is considered that this contract can be awarded under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 because the direct award justification specified in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 applies, due to technical and Safety reasons.
Only ISTEC Services LTD has access to that technical information and the Authority does not have the necessary rights to enable another contractor to access the information
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Jan 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published276 days ago22 Jan 2026, 12:04 GMT
- Next notice expected270 days ago27 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published3 days ago22 Oct 2026, 13:40 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 7 days1 Nov 2026
- Standstill endsin 9 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jan 2026- Pipeline notice published22 Jan 2026, 12:04 GMTUK1
- Pipeline notice published27 Jan 2026, 10:54 GMTUK1
- Published value updated to £1,400,83327 Jan 2026, 10:54 GMTwas £1,681,000
- Transparency notice published28 Jan 2026, 10:38 GMTUK5
- Status changed to complete28 Jan 2026, 10:38 GMT
- Contract award notice published22 Oct 2026, 13:40 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Title & Reference updated, and estimated value reduced to reflect updated information
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 22 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISTEC Services LimitedSME712920450 - Swing Arm Gun Mount (SAGM) & Pedestal Spares, Repairs, & PDS2 Nov 2026 – 30 Sept 2031 | £1,859,242 | 2 Oct 2026standstill to 2 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ISTEC SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender