Official UK procurement notice
Bridge Navigation Training Simulators Hosting Lease
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Future Maritime Synthetic Navigation Capability (FMSNC) project under Selborne Contract (Fleet 00603) Task TO13b placed two (2) Training Simulators at Portsdown Technology Park (PTP) which is a non-MOD site. Whilst the original PTP Lease was included in Selborne TO13b which expires March 2026, the extension of the lease is not. A new hosting arrangement/ lease is required to be sourced for 01 April 2026 to 31 December 2027 directly with Metaverse, for the continuation of use of the Simulators.
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
- 10 Nov 2025, 11:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Dec 2025, 14:12 GMT
- Authority reference
715719458- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084436- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dd76Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
It is considered that only this supplier can deliver the requirements, due to technical reasons. This is because the equipment is based at premises leased by the supplier. There is a separate contract with the supplier for the maintenance of the equipment where they provide specific Royal Navy SME input which is critical for ensuring the fidelity of the ships models and for the geographical areas in which specific navigation landmarks are used by military vessels to enter and exit numerous Naval bases, therefore no other supplier can provide this service and the equipment has to stay located with the supplier for this purpose. Moving the equipment to a MOD-owned premises, or a different supplier premises, would incur a significant cost and impact on the supplier’s ability to carry out the maintenance contract where they are the SME.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Nov 2025 → 18 Dec 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends334 days ago20 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published306 days ago18 Dec 2025, 14:12 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published10 Nov 2025, 11:24 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published11 Nov 2025, 13:31 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected27 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published18 Dec 2025, 14:12 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metaverse VR LtdSME1 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 | £600,000 | 10 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Metaverse VR LtdSME
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2025
- Value
- £393,750
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Under threshold not required.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Metaverse VRAwarded 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