Official UK procurement notice
714068450 - DM/00180 - Replacement Piping DM Beith PME
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDefence Munitions (hereafter referred to as ‘the Authority’), requires the Contractor to provide a replacement for the current pipework installation installed at Defence Munitions (DM) Beith (Ayrshire). The contractor should provide an engineering solution for the removal of existing pipework, installation of a suitable replacement pipework and testing of complete installation.
CPV: Piping
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£500,000
- Condition of participation
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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).
Lot awarding rule: A Pass/Fail criteria will be applied to stages 1,2 & 3A of the PSQ. Most Advantagous Tender based on 60/40 technical/financial split.
- Condition of participation
Security Clearance
Additional conditions of participation are included in the PSQ and will also be included on release of the Defform 47 within the ITT
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,181,230 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Defence Equipment and Support buys Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items (CPV 4416), and who usually turns up
Defence Equipment and Support’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items (CPV 4416) →
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Half of these awards were announced within 75 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid52%
2–333%
4–610%
7+5%
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Below estimate43%
Within ±2%36%
Above estimate21%
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Lot #1CPV 4416Published estimate£500k
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1 bid19%
2–345%
4–630%
7+7%
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Middle 50%£427k–£500k
Estimate£500k
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £67m21 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £2.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £17m11 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £1.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 18% below n=4 | |
| £863k6 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 2 live · £340k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
RAPID ENERGY LTDLarge | £921k17 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| £137k3 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 2 live · £45m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Aug 2025, 11:34 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 08:40 BST
- Authority reference
DM/00180- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074446- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056c1dFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Defence Sourcing Portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
4 Aug 2025 → 26 Feb 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published4 Aug 2025, 11:34 BST
- Market engagement29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Defence Munitions Beith are requesting information on the below mentioned requirement. The Authority intends to engage with industry and are looking for expressions of interest from parties who wish to dial in/hear more on the upcoming requirement.
The Requirement: The Authority is potentially looking for a contractor to supply a solution for the replacement of pipework across numerous buildings. The piping must be:
- Suitable for breathing air applications
- Low maintenance
- Preferably lightweight aluminium solution
It must be able to withstand/ be compatible with safe working pressure of 12 bar and be able to connect to existing compressors and ancillaries.
The intent of the contract is to include both removal of previous piping structures, as well as the installation of the new solution, along with providing training and support to internal stakeholders for operational use and maintenance. The solution must meet certain minimum pressure requirements of 12 bar.
The Authority does not require a bespoke built service, but the service does need to meet the essential requirements that will be fully set out in the Statement of Requirement at a later stage.
We request that industry respond to the below questions to confirm interest in attendance and return these to [email protected] using the title ‘RFI response for Replacement Piping’.
The closing date for expressions of interest is 11.59pm Friday 29th August 2025.
All interested parties will be given further information relating to the bidder’s conference, including the date of the conference, in due course.
Question as follows:
- Is the Replacement Piping Contract something your organisation would be interested in submitting a bid for? Yes / No
- Do you intend to bid as your own organisation or part of a consortium? Own / Consortium/Unknown
- We are planning to hold a bidders’ conference via Microsoft Teams.
Please confirm whether you would like to receive further information with regards to this conference and potential attendance. Yes/No
- If yes please provide the full name of your company and names and email addresses for those interested in attending
(Maximum 3 people)
- Do you have any questions regarding the requirement which you would like us to address during the bidder’s conference?
- Please state your organisations national coverage for works/services.
- Next notice expected387 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published77 days ago6 Aug 2026, 08:40 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 4 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 8 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 126 days26 Feb 2027
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Aug 2025, 11:34 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Aug 2025, 09:30 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Aug 2026, 08:40 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £500,0006 Aug 2026, 08:40 BSTwas £250,000
- Status changed to active6 Aug 2026, 08:40 BST
- Procurement method changed6 Aug 2026, 08:40 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT6 Aug 2026, 08:40 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender