Official UK procurement notice
Ballistic Body Armour · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Chief Constable for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Constabulary would like to understand which manufacturers/suppliers hold certification (to Home Office Body Armour Standard (2017)) of the following ballistic body armour criteria:
HO2/KR1/SP1 that are certified and are compatible to be worn with certified HO3+SG1 plates. Please note, both the armour and the plates must be certified to work in conjunction with each other.
The Constabulary have consulted with the PED CAST webpage but are keen to understand where other manufacturers are in their Ballistic body armour and plates certification journey.
If you are going through certification for the above standard, please advise on when certification is likely.
If you hold certification, please supply your certification of the above standard by sending to [email protected] as soon as possible but before 7th October 2025.
CPV: Garments for anti-ballistic protection
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure 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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 1 Oct 2025, 16:25 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 16:25 BST
- Authority reference
HIOWC0034- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061470- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a62fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published386 days ago1 Oct 2025, 16:25 BST
- Market engagement380 days ago7 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
This engagement is strictly for the purposes of research presently.
The Constabulary are reviewing their options at the moment and are fact finding/gathering information for internal processing at this stage.
- Contract starts175 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Oct 2025, 16:25 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