Official UK procurement notice
713894450: Provision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the UK
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the UK
CPV: Defence services · Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Provision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the UK Contract will provide…
The Provision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the UK Contract will provide essential UK Armed Forces parachute equipment packing services within the UK.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Lowest price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Feb 2025, 09:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Apr 2026, 15:58 BST
- Authority reference
713894450- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037724- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc93Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The C-17 Command Support and Airborne Equipment (C17CSAE) team as part of the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a requirement to maintain continuity of essential UK Armed Forces parachute equipment packing services within the UK.
The requirement for UK parachute equipment packing services was competed under Contract Notice reference 2023/S 000-030988. The Invitation to Negotiate for the provision of UK services was cancelled on 11th September 2024 via publication of a Corrigendum Notice on the Find a Tender Service [Notice reference: 2024/S 000-029148] due to an absence of sufficient tenderers to ensure a genuine competition.
It has therefore been determined that, as a result of a failed competition to recompete the UK requirement, the UK MOD will directly award a new single-source contract for continuation of UK parachute packing service provision to IrvinGQ Limited under Regulation 16(1)(a)(i) (the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice) of DSPCR 2011 for a maximum duration of five (5) years). The maximum expected value of the new contract, including all options, is twenty-six million pounds (£26M).
The Contract will be a Qualifying Defence Contract subject to the provisions of the Defence Reform Act 2014 and the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014, as amended.
The expected date of contract award is Q4 2025.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated24 Apr 2026, 15:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IrvinGQ LimitedProvision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the UKSubcontracting: declared | £26,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| IrvinGQ Limited | £30,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 037724-2026-713894450-1 · IrvinGQ Limited
- Signed
- 19 Mar 2026
- Value
- £30,500,000
- Status
- active
Provision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the UK · IrvinGQ Limited
- Signed
- 6 Feb 2025
- Value
- £26,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- IrvinGQ LimitedAwarded supplier
- IrvinGQ LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.