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# 715124450 TWE 3

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/715124450-twe-3-ocds-h6vhtk-056b63). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defence Equipment and Support: "715124450 TWE 3". Published status: complete. Contract Value: £8,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defence Equipment and Support](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defence-equipment-and-support-gov-ot495)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** £8,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Military shelter construction work, Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £8,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/715124450-twe-3-ocds-h6vhtk-056b63#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-056b63`

## 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/715124450-twe-3-ocds-h6vhtk-056b63#tl-md)

## Description
TWE is a temporary structure designed to provide a safe and ambient working environment including extreme and austere weather conditions. TWE can house a fully armed Attack Aircraft in temperatures ranging from -10 Celsius up to 50 Celsius whilst maintaining an internal temperature of 26 Celsius. TWE can also withstand wind speeds of up to 90mph and snow load of up to 80kg/m2
TWE shelters are flexible in their approach allowing a wide spectrum of capabilities to be housed and maintained within them varying from fast jets, Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) to the CH-47 Chinook heavy lift rotary wing aircraft to ordnance of varying profiles and dimensions, and varying characteristics.
The current capability consists of;
· 25M x 40m RES (21.7m Heli Door width) (16) - Are typically fitted with a Heli-door, Roller Shutter Door at the rear and are 40m long. These typically house helicopters and UAVs.
· 25M x 40m RES (18.75m Heli Door width) (2) - Are typically fitted with a Heli-door, Roller Shutter Door at the rear and are 40m long. These typically house helicopters and UAVs.
· 25M x 100m RES (1) - Are typically fitted with a Heli-door, Roller Shutter Door at the rear and are 100m long. These typically house helicopters and UAVs.
· 20M RES (67) - Typically support fast jet aircraft and are fitted with Trident doors which open and close like an eyelid
· 25M Sunshade (4) - A hangar with no side walls or door ends, these are used to shelter helicopters and UAVs from the elements when sitting at the end of a runway on high readiness
· 18M Sunshade (14) - A hangar without side walls or door ends, these are used to shelter fast jets from the elements when sitting at the end of a runway on high readiness.
· ECASS (8) - These Environmentally controlled armament storage shelters are 9.1m x 16m in size and are used for armament storage; they are fitted with large heavy metal doors.
The shelters are currently in service predominantly in the UK, Europe and the Middle East, supporting various operations.
The scope of this procurement is:
1. Design services – The contractor is required to manage all aspects of component obsolescence, requirements for redesign/modification/upgrade of the systems and safety and legislative governance to meet the required ALARP status.
2. Repair and Refurbishment Activity – The Contractor is required to conduct repairs on the equipment that are beyond the capacity or capability of the maintainer (RAF 5001 Squadron) and to conduct routine scheduled refurbishment activity.
3. Provision and maintenance of Technical Documentation – The Contractor is required to provide technical data and drawings for the TWE capability to enable unit lines repairs in support of on-going operational deployments.
4. Option for the provision of additional equipment. – The contract is required to provide a commercial mechanism for purchases from wider defence.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45216230, 50710000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 29/01/2026 to 29/01/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Technical Working Environment 3 (TWE3) (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Rubb Buildings Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-180966`
  - Value: £8,000,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Technical Working Environment 3 (TWE3) (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,000,000
  - Signed Date: 11/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F072153-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-30T11:42:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-17T04:43:34.402Z
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