Official UK procurement notice
Ammunition (2026-2030) · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire (Police & fire)
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: North West (UKD4)
Awarded value£510,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 16 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to GMK Limited +3 more
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of Firearms Ammunition for the period 1st March 2026 to 28th February 2030
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
- 5 Feb 2026, 16:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2026, 15:43 GMT
- Authority reference
Intend 2505- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017508- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06496bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and
the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
25 Feb 2026 → 26 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends237 days ago25 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published236 days ago26 Feb 2026, 15:43 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Feb 2026- Transparency notice published5 Feb 2026, 16:30 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published16 Feb 2026, 13:50 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published26 Feb 2026, 15:43 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected26 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £510,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMK LimitedSME, Ian Edgar (Liverpool) LimitedSME, Point South LimitedSME, Viking Arms LimitedSMEjoint award1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2030 | £510,000 | 16 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Ammunition (2026-2030) · GMK LimitedSME, Ian Edgar (Liverpool) LimitedSME, Point South LimitedSME, Viking Arms LimitedSME
- Signed
- 4 Feb 2026
- Value
- £510,000
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2030
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract is under £5m
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- GMK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- IAN EDGAR(LIVERPOOL)LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- POINT SOUTH LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- VIKING ARMS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender