Official UK procurement notice
715268450 - RFA Berets - PME
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlease note this is Preliminary Market Engagement in the form of a Request for Information. This is not currently an invitation to tender.
The RFA were Historically supplied with a “Pantone Blue” Beret for Ratings which was changed in 2015. Capt Drew passed a paper to the management board to align both RFA Officers and Ratings with the Royal Navy “Navy Blue Berets”.
The aim will be to potentially reinstate the “Pantone Blue” Berets for the RFA and going to industry to determine the solutions that are available to the RFA. The aim is to procure circa 2000 total RFA beret with correct colouring comprising various sizes for all RFA Personnel. Headband material is to be leather, and preference would be for berets to include draw stings to make minor adjustments to sizing.
This is an interim solution, and Berets are required to be delivered as a one-off procurement prior to the FGEN clothing team providing the enduring solution.
Please see the RFI document with further information including how to submit an RFI attached to the DSP notice. Link below.
CPV: Berets · Hats · Military uniforms · Tailoring services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 4 Jul 2025, 12:34 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jul 2025, 12:34 BST
- Authority reference
RFI0059- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037418- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05591bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Jul 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 Jul 2025, 12:34 BST
- Tender notice expected18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Please find RFI0059 document within this link
- Contract starts356 days ago3 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Jul 2025, 12:34 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender