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# 713289450-Procurement of Drill Rounds and Gauges

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/713289450-procurement-of-drill-rounds-and-gauges-ocds-h6vhtk-04b6e8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "713289450-Procurement of Drill Rounds and Gauges". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated with publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Purchase, Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **Awarded Value:** £12,973,924 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b6e8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/713289450-procurement-of-drill-rounds-and-gauges-ocds-h6vhtk-04b6e8#tl-md)

## Description
The Defence Equipment & Support Land Equipment team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the Authority), awarded a contract via Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice under DSPCR 2011, to Lockheed Martin Ampthill United Kingdom Ltd for the purchase of 2700 Drill Rounds & Gauges.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Procurement of Drill Rounds for the Ajax Programme

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 021933-2025-713289450-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Lockheed Martin Ampthill UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-147982`
  - Value: £8,973,924 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 037041-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **LMUK**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-130506`
  - Value: £4,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 021933-2025-713289450-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,973,924
  - Signed Date: 16/04/2025

- **Contract:** 037041-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,000,000
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021933-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-15T15:46:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T06:37:58.470Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04b6e8