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Published 5 Jun 2026, 17:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

715870491-Procurement of General-Purpose Machine Gun L7A2 weapon systems (GPMG System) and associated ancillaries

Official notice

Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)

Direct awardDefence & securitySME suitable
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£58,333,333published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to NSAF Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Dismounted Close Combat Team, part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) intends to award a contract to Heckler & Koch (UK) Limited (Ltd) for supply of General-Purpose Machine Gun L7A2 weapon systems (GPMG System) and associated ancillaries. The contract will be for a term of 10 years and have an estimated value of £70 million (inc VAT).

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Eligibility: SME eligible
35320000 Firearms

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Defence & security
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
5 Jun 2026, 17:39 BST
Last source update
5 Jun 2026, 17:39 BST
Authority reference
715870491
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-053554
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06af35 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

It is considered that this contract can be awarded under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 because the direct award justification specified in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 (single supplier – technical reasons) applies.

This is because H&K upgraded the GPMG System to its current configuration in 2007. This is known as the L7A2 Mid-Life Improvement (MLI) configuration and is a materially different technical baseline than the previous configuration, incorporating a number of safety-critical modifications. Only H&K UK therefore has the technical documentation to continue to supply the GPMG System in the L7A2 configuration.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    5 Jun 2026, 17:39 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £58,333,3331 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
NSAF Limited29 Jun 2026 – 29 Jun 2036£58,333,333—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Defence Equipment and Support

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVRL-5831-GLMM MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Heckler & Koch (UK) LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04314268 Unit 3 Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG7 2TDContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender