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Application Development & Support

Buyer: Defence Equipment and Support →

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BuyerDefence Equipment and Support
StatusClosed
Deadline26 Sept 2025
Value£10,250,000
Published15 Aug 2025

What is being bought

The requirement is for the development and in service support of Application Development & Support (ADAS). This will include software development and support for the following: - Development and continued availability of an application store. - Systems and platforms may include Android, Windows, Linux and AWS. Software (applications) will be required to be developed for use on a variety of networks and with varying levels of data classification. Applications may be standalone, networked using secure closed systems or open cloud based and may be required to interface with 3rd party hardware e.g. sensors for data ingest, processing and transfer. These apps will need to be integrated onto the application store. - Integration of commercial off the shelf (COTS) applications onto the application store. The suppliers will be required to support DE&S with rapid, insightful, and cost-effective decisions to ensure the sustainment of the UK defence operations. The number of bespoke apps is subject to change but is assumed to be around ~20 over the life of the contract. The applications are to be used by a small, CBRN focused Military group only. The classification of application development is up to and including OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE. However, some apps may require libraries up to an including SECRET UK EYES ONLY meaning that the supplier will be required to hold Facility Security Clearance before contract award. The in-service support shall include, but not limited to maintaining availability of the applications and the application store.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Programming services of application software 72212000IT software development services 72212517Development software development services 72212983Development of software for military applications 72231000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£10,250,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Conditions of Participation - PSQ — Suppliers will be evaluated in two stages, Stage 1 - Qualification and Stage 2 - Technical, only suppliers that pass Stage 1 shall be deemed compliant and progress to Stage 2 - Technical evaluation. Most questions in stage 1 and 2 are pass/fail questions. Questions where a 'fail' or a score of 0 will result in exclusion from the competition has been clearly identified within the evaluation criteria against each question in the PSQ Conditions of Participation Methodology document. Questions within the Technical Ability and Project Experience (within stage 2) are weighted and scored (0/30/70/100). The weighting for this section is 100%.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Development of software for military applications, IT software development services, Programming services of application software, Development software development servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Programming services of application software (72212000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 726,5781 median · 15.7 average (2,457 of 6,578 with a bid count)1.9 average (2,927 of 6,578 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer11Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2,0751 median · 33.8 average (694 of 2,075 with a bid count)2.9 average (891 of 2,075 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2949 median · 9 average (2 of 294 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 294 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimedefenceSecurity
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsThere is a risk that some of the applications (or data to be contained within them) will need to be developed at TOP SECRET.

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0516f4
Latest release ID049140-2025
Latest release timestampFri Aug 15 2025 12:40:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049140-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2025-09-26T23:59:00+01:00
Enquiry deadline2025-09-12T23:59:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailsPSQ responses should be submitted by the Authority using the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) by the deadline stated. Responses submitted via any other medium will not be accepted or considered. https://contracts.mod.uk The DSP Opportunity listing for the PSQ can be found here - https://contracts.mod.uk/go/0598293001989EB899F4
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£10,250,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Aug 2025tender049140-2025
19 May 2025planning022725-2025
19 May 2025planning022644-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
15 Aug 2025 · 049140-2025 · tender
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19 May 2025 · 022725-2025 · planning
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19 May 2025 · 022644-2025 · planning
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