Official UK procurement notice
715966475 - Procurement of Capital Spares for TERRIER
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Ministry of Defence (the “Authority”) through the Specialist Uncrewed Land Vehicles (“SVULS”) delivery team, intends to award Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (“the Supplier”) a contract for fourteen (“14”) capital spare items (the “Spares”) for the TERRIER land vehicle.
The Spares range from 14 types of capital spares, including brake intensifiers, pivot assemblies, suspension torsion bars, programmed controllers, electrical filter assemblies, cable assemblies, loader systems, and battery connection boxes.
The proposed contract has an estimated value of £891,550 (inclusive of VAT) and shall be for twelve (“12”) months.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Standard
- 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
- 13 Oct 2026, 10:18 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 10:18 BST
- Authority reference
715966475- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096391- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07863aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
In accordance with Section 41(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 (the “Act”), the Authority intends to rely on the Single Supplier direct award justification, as set out in Paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Act, to award a public contract directly to the Supplier not being an excluded Supplier.
It is considered that a direct award is permissible under the Act on the basis that, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only the Supplier can carry out the services.
This is because the Supplier is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) of the TERRIER and is the only Supplier that has the technical knowledge and Suitably Qualified Expert Personnel (“SQEP”) to provide the requirement and ensure the configuration, security, overall safety, and performance of each spares item. Only the Supplier has the in-depth understanding of the complexities of the platform to ensure safety risks are as low as reasonably possible.
Accordingly, the Supplier is considered as the only supplier that can provide the services required and there are no alternatives to those services as required by the Authority.
The contract will not be awarded to an excluded supplier. A Contract Award Notice and Contract Details Notice will follow in accordance with Procurement Act 2023.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 13 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published13 Oct 2026, 10:18 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected12 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) Limited1 Mar 2027 – 31 Mar 2028 | £742,958 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Rheinmetall BAE Systems LandAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender